[65221] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Paul)
Mon Nov 17 10:27:33 2003
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:25:08 -0000
From: "Jeffrey Paul" <jeffreypaul@diamondcard.com>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>, "Alex Yuriev" <alex@yuriev.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On=20
> Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
> Sent: Mon, 2003-11-17 10:23
> To: Alex Yuriev
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm=20
>=20
>=20
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:26:50 EST, Alex Yuriev said:
>=20
> > Because for people outside our little industry the software=20
> is a tool=20
> > to get a JOB done, not the job itself.
>=20
> It doesn't take long for the average mechanic to learn that=20
> buying cheap wrenches is a bad idea.
Which is probably why they end up buying the expensive, supported one
(like everyone else). It's also why they get worms.
-j
