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RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!
From: "Jason Coombs" <jasonc () science org>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 13:53:10 -1000
Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
If the worm had a malicious (in your terms) payload, it would have caused networks just as many problems (so no gain there), and more harm to MS-SQL users. Using your logic, surely this much more damaging experience would have cause MS-SQL admins to be more responsible in keeping up to date ? Or rather, more fearful of future exploits.
Precisely my point. Sapphire was not designed to inspire fear. If this had been a terrorist act it would have done so, and it could have done so. It did not. In my mind Sapphire inspires confidence that somebody, somewhere might actually be thinking for a change. Unfortunate inconveniences aside, anything actually *damaged* by Sapphire (in a physical/non-trivial sense of the word) was too vulnerable for use in the first place. Sincerely, Jason Coombs jasonc () science org
Current thread:
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434!, (continued)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Geoff Shively (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Tom Kyle (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! cstone (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Ed Blanchfield (Jan 27)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Umit Tiric (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! George William Herbert (Jan 25)
- RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! trent dilkie (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Dave Aitel (Jan 25)
- Re[2]: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Stephane - BasicLink (Jan 25)
- RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Dick St.Peters (Jan 25)
- RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Jason Coombs (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Colm MacCárthaigh (Jan 25)
- Re: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Charles Miller (Jan 25)
- RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! Brian McGrogan (Jan 25)
- RE: MS SQL WORM IS DESTROYING INTERNET BLOCK PORT 1434! trent dilkie (Jan 28)