The MS Security bulletin says no. Affected software:
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series (when running on Windows 2000, Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003)
- Microsoft Windows Messenger version 5.0
- Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.1
- Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.2
- Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
Although, if you are looking for freshly patched browser based security issues:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-013.mspx;
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-014.mspx; and
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-015.mspx
Why you think that a professor failing his entire class constitutes a failure on the part of the university is a mystery to me: would you be so opposed if a professor failed an astronomy class that failed to put the planets in the correct order or an economics class that couldn't describe how supply and demand affect prices?
You're astronomy/economics class points are valid. However, I would have a problem with a professor failing an entire class because they could not each discover 10 new celestial bodies. We all know there are plenty more than 10 undiscovered planets/vulns... but having a course requirement to discover them...
I have to agree, this is not the answer. What is the criteria used to be among the IPs "attacked" by the Lycos screen saver? You're IP was used to send spam, and an open relay still exists on that IP?
What about those of us with dynamic IPs? If a person is infected with malware that sets up a spam-freindly mail proxy on their system and the IP is listed - and verified, then I get assigned the same IP, do I become subject to the attack? I have observed my IP as blacklisted (on multiple occasions) because someone had previously run a proxy on the dynamic address currently assigned to me.
Not to mention, by running this screen saver, I'm sure I would be (and many others would be too) violating many areas of my ISPs Service Agreement. This could have unwanted affects if a complaint is made to my ISP that I attacked a site, particularly if the site is legit, but somehow listed.
I'm not supporting spam by any means, but this is certainly not an appropriate solution.
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The MS Security bulletin says no. Affected software:
n /MS05-013.mspx;n /MS05-014.mspx; and n /MS05-015.mspx
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series (when running on Windows 2000, Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003)
- Microsoft Windows Messenger version 5.0
- Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.1
- Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.2
- Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)
Although, if you are looking for freshly patched browser based security issues:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulleti
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulleti
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulleti
You're astronomy/economics class points are valid. However, I would have a problem with a professor failing an entire class because they could not each discover 10 new celestial bodies. We all know there are plenty more than 10 undiscovered planets/vulns... but having a course requirement to discover them...
I have to agree, this is not the answer. What is the criteria used to be among the IPs "attacked" by the Lycos screen saver? You're IP was used to send spam, and an open relay still exists on that IP?
What about those of us with dynamic IPs? If a person is infected with malware that sets up a spam-freindly mail proxy on their system and the IP is listed - and verified, then I get assigned the same IP, do I become subject to the attack? I have observed my IP as blacklisted (on multiple occasions) because someone had previously run a proxy on the dynamic address currently assigned to me.
Not to mention, by running this screen saver, I'm sure I would be (and many others would be too) violating many areas of my ISPs Service Agreement. This could have unwanted affects if a complaint is made to my ISP that I attacked a site, particularly if the site is legit, but somehow listed.
I'm not supporting spam by any means, but this is certainly not an appropriate solution.