On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:00:45 EDT, shogunx said: > > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Dean Anderson wrote: > > > > > Open source kernels aren't immune. They just aren't at focus this time. > > > > If a worm is executing visual basic code, then i think i am pretty darn > > immune. > > Google for the Lion worm, and quit smirking. Like he said, the gun isn't > pointed at you THIS time. I remember that one. Nasty too. From this assessment: http://www.sans.org/y2k/lion.htm it appears that keeping your daemons up to date, proper packet filtering and competent sysadmining as preventative measures would stop it cold in its tracks. I see your point though. No smirking happening here, just appreciation for then open-source community as a whole, and the choices that led me to being in a situation where my networks are unaffected by this particular bit of malicious code. Enjoy, Scott > sleekfreak pirate broadcast world tour 2002-3 live from the pirate hideout http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/