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Trustworthy Computing

Posted by Hemos on from the how-to-solve-these-issues dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "This is a first: the Internet Storm Center is recommending trustworthy computing. They want you to trust that the unofficial patch for the Windows Metafile Volunerability that is currently being exploited by an IM worm. No patch from Microsoft at this time, and the exploit is arranged in such a manner that it cannot be detected by most intrusion detection systems (the snort rule will peg the CPU on your router) nor filtered by packet-inspecting firewalls (it spans two or more ethernet frames). Not really a whole lot of choice about this one."

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  1. Not really a whole lot of choice about this one. by halleluja · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not true.

  2. Re:Shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    let the linux circle jerk begin.

    "Mommy, noone pays attention to me"
    "Go badmouth Microsoft on slashdot, dear"
    "Good idea mommy!"

  3. Re:Not an excuse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What is it about the fresh smell of a new year, and unpatched MS vulnerability that brings out the linux fanbois? Can't we just sent them links to the latest kernel sources, or maybe the new x.org release? That should keep them busy enough to leave the rest of the world alone for a while.

  4. Re:Some won't by datadriven · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is libwmf vulnerable on my slack box?

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