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Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before
From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu () deaddrop org>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:47:09 -0800
Sean Donelan wrote:
Wow, Symantec is making an amazing claim. They were able to detect the slammer worm "hours" before. Did anyone receive early alerts from Symantec about the SQL slammer worm hours earlier? Academics have estimated the worm spread world-wide, and reached its maximum scanning rate in less than 10 minutes.
I am still of the belief that it was released in direct reaction to the worldwide message from Bill Gates <BillGates () chairman microsoft com>, entitled "Security in a Connected World," and sent to all sorts of people who NEVER asked to be on his silly list (me, for example). My timestamp for the email says: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:06:50 (PST, give or take a few). Hmmmm, how close in time to the appearance of the worm that is... I can just picture the annoyance of the worm author, who then said to himself "I'll show him security all righty." Perhaps it was something he'd been working on the night before. It wasn't that complex, after all, and really not destructive, if you don't count the annoyance factor. Just the same, I've had my excitement for the year, I don't really want to see another. Bill? If you're out there, don't send out any more unsolicited newsletters, ok? -- Open source should be about giving away things voluntarily. When you force someone to give you something, it's no longer giving, it's stealing. Persons of leisurely moral growth often confuse giving with taking. -- Larry Wall
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- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before, (continued)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before William Warren (Feb 13)
- RE: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Al Rowland (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Peter Salus (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before William Warren (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before k claffy (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before David Lesher (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Mike Lloyd (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Jack Bates (Feb 13)
- Bumps on the Net (was Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours") Sean Donelan (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Martin Hannigan (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Krzysztof Adamski (Feb 13)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Etaoin Shrdlu (Feb 13)
- The minutes seem like hours (was Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before) Sean Donelan (Feb 14)
- Re: The minutes seem like hours (was Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before) Mike Lewinski (Feb 15)
- Re: The minutes seem like hours (was Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before) Peter Salus (Feb 15)
- Re: The minutes seem like hours (was Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before) William Warren (Feb 15)
- The minutes seem like hours (was Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before) Sean Donelan (Feb 14)
- RE: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Terry Baranski (Feb 23)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Glen Fillmore (Feb 24)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before David Howe (Feb 24)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Scott Francis (Feb 25)
- Re: Symantec detected Slammer worm "hours" before Glen Fillmore (Feb 24)