From: "Robert Comer" 

True.

- Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3e3be0ca{at}w3.nls.net...
> it shows an advantage to using UDP.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3e393540$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > 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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