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Bob Young posted <FAEEIJPAOFEMBBLKPMJEAEFDDOAA.BYoung@××××××××××.com>, |
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excerpted below, on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:17:57 -0800: |
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>>So, exactly what would you refer to the Sober Worm attack on Nov. 23 |
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>>as??? |
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> 3 |
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>>weeks ago is pretty damned recent. |
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> Two points, first I'd bet that the attack didn't start with a message to |
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> an email list, much less a Linux oriented list. Second, the number of |
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> Linux users affected by the Worm was probably zero, so that doesn't seem |
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> like a very solid reason for prohibiting html on a Linux oriented list |
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You didn't read very well, then. He's a Linux user and network admin. |
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So am I, as a Linux user and personal system admin. We are both affected |
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by the denial of service it causes, certainly immediately, but more than |
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that, in the ultimate clampdown, resulting for me in the fact that I can't |
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send mail directly, where if it weren't for all the spam and malware that |
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came about more or less directly as a result of HTML mail (with malware |
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now a major spammer's tool), I'd likely still have direct email available. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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