When Will The Next Slammer Strike?

scubacuda writes "Business Week has an article on how the Slammer worm demonstrates just 'how vulnerable the Internet remains': MS's own DBs were affected, telephone/ATM/etc were knocked out, and if the worm had occurred only 48 hours later (preventing investor's trading, 911 calls, banking services), there could have been a 'virtual Net shutdown.' Vincent Weafer, director of the computer-security outfit Symantec's Anti-Virus Response Center (SARC), says that the likelihood that a Slammer-style worm will hit at a more vulnerable moment is high."

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Re:Government Funding of Security/Virus Prevention

[Soul-Burn666]

Sorry for stating the obvious:
Linux is free.

Moreover, in a place like a college, it's pretty obvious the defence should come from the institute's firewall.

Traduction en anglais

[BigBlockMopar]

In closing, abstenez-vous s'il vous plaît à avoir des relations sexuelles anormales avec mon petit chat brun.

"In closing, please refrain from having abnormal sexual relations with my small brown (tom) cat."

Au lieu de cela, placez votre pénis dans ma râpe de fromage.

"Instead, place your penis in my cheese grater."