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Well, finally someone had to say it. It's like a bad fantasy story about a prophecy soon to come true. In discussing whether it would be feasible to make a worm... H. D. Moore essentially flat out said how a really nasty worm would work with some choice quotes thrown in for fun. Ok, yes, yes, it's a full disclosure list, and we all already knew that a multivector worm is more likely to get behind a corporate firewall (see, for example, Nimda)... but somehow putting it in print seems a weirdly necessary step on the road to wormage. "Necessary," as in, "someone had to do it." I almost think he must have felt compelled to just . . . SAY IT.
Someone also tossed in some nice offset info for the masses. Yes, fun, fun for everyone.
It's a dance with an obvious end; all are caught up in it and to everyone's horror, it's going straight to the most extreme conclusion, with a packed audience of the horrified and enthralled looking on.
Meanwhile, it turns out the "other" major Microsoft patch (for MS03-030) cannot be applied automatically via a commercial patch update system or via SMS. Oh, GEE... THANKS, MS! I'm sure your large customers are just HAPPY to have to hand-patch 4500+ desktops. Yoooobetcha!
Ok, ok... MS DID cave in and make a "special version" for at least one client. Er, ok... so, um, what (anticompetitive?) purpose did the non-automatable one serve?
Someone also tossed in some nice offset info for the masses. Yes, fun, fun for everyone.
It's a dance with an obvious end; all are caught up in it and to everyone's horror, it's going straight to the most extreme conclusion, with a packed audience of the horrified and enthralled looking on.
Meanwhile, it turns out the "other" major Microsoft patch (for MS03-030) cannot be applied automatically via a commercial patch update system or via SMS. Oh, GEE... THANKS, MS! I'm sure your large customers are just HAPPY to have to hand-patch 4500+ desktops. Yoooobetcha!
Ok, ok... MS DID cave in and make a "special version" for at least one client. Er, ok... so, um, what (anticompetitive?) purpose did the non-automatable one serve?
