[44772] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Wed Dec 12 11:41:50 2001
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To: Marc MERLIN <marc_news@valinux.com>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:22:52 PST."
<20011211202251.G17330@magic.merlins.org>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:41:29 -0500
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:22:52 PST, Marc MERLIN said:
> As far as I'm concerned, every day that people continue to use outlook when
> it is known to have *sploit/infect me* written all over it, is a sad day.
>
> What I love the most is "Well, I know it catches and spreads virii and sends
> my confidential office documents to just about anyone behind my back, but I
> really like it"
My personal favorite is the "Out of Clue autoresponder" that tells me all the
following:
1) The person just announced to all and sundry on a worldwide mailing list
that they will be skiing until Dec 22, so burglars are welcome until then.
2) And their X-Mailer tag tells all the miscreants who are not into burglary
exactly which methods of delivering an e-mail based trojan will work, in
case you wish to e-mail them an attachment that opens the victim's financial
software and transfers all the money in the checking account, and then install
a keystroke recorder to snag credit card numbers.
Yes, these are usability features. Just not for the owner of the software ;)
--
Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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