From: "Robert Comer" 

The trouble with doing a test is the internet "immunizes" against
a subsequent attack -- it would have to be a totally different worm, and
then what good was the test...

- Bob Comer


"Raymond Chuang"  wrote in message
news:3e39291d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Here's the scary part: it is known that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda
> organization has access to quite a lot of computing equipment before much
of
> it was lost after the US overthrew the Taliban government in Afghanistan
> late in 2001.
>
> It's possible that an computer-literate al-Qaeda operative living in a
> "safe" area may have propogated the latest "worm"
as a test; they may be
> preparing to propogate a very nasty "worm" that will bring
down the entire
> public Internet by overwhelming routers around the world--and no operating
> system will be safe from such an attack.
>
> --
> Raymond Chuang
> Mountain View, CA USA
>
>

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