New Apache worm starts to spread

[slave]

So much for open source being more secure than Windows

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940585.html

[Master of Reality]

Hopefully they are gathering zombies to attack Microsoft    
and how many exploits have there been in the closed source IIS server?

[ July 01, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

[voidmain]

Hmmm, let's see.  One exploit every 5 years compared to 1 exploit every 1 week.  Yeah, I would say it's more secure than Windows...

[lazygamer]

Worms, Trojans, Exploits, Zombies etc.

Dammit! I want an internet themed metaphorical freeware RPG!  

[para_fms]

Hopefully they are gathering zombies to attack Microsoft      


heh. if i had an extra box i'd think i just might sign-up as a host for the worm if that were the case.

[preacher]

XP user, you just made yourself look foolish. First of all the bug was found on June 18th, and thanks to the quick work of the people at apache, it was fixed the next day, and new releases of apache were released. If MS had been handling a similar problem with IIS, information about the bug would have been released now, and MS would release its patch in a few weeks. Just because a bug is found in open source software doesnt mean that it sucks. It was fixed quickly, which is one thing that I can't say about MS bugs. As for the new worm, it isnt even a problem if people update their servers.


 

quote:Originally posted by Windows XP User #5225982375:
So much for open source being more secure than Windows

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940585.html

[badkarma]

average bug fix time for open source projects :

a few days, tops (usually one day)

average bug fix time for m$ products:

a few weeks after they announce it (a few months after the first discovery usually)

xp user ... do yourself (and all of us) a favor and shoot yourself ....

[choasmaster]

waste of a bullet, those things like cost 60 cents or so.

[Refalm]

Car - $ 10,000
Gas - $ 10

Windows XP User #5225982375 driving himself of a cliff - Priceless

[markdcc]

Guess what dickhead XP luser, the difference between this and the holes in IIS, is that Apache drops all of it's privs as soon as it starts up and IIS runs as administrator or localsystem.  When apache is hacked the os in invulnerable, only web pages can be fucked with(unless the admin set it up wrong).  When IIS is hacked the entire system is compromised, that is the reason nimda would wipe your entire server out.

Get a fucking clue before you start BS topics.

[lazygamer]

30 Bullets=$10
Black market gun=$100
Windows XP user shooting himself in the limbs repeatedly to kill himself cuz this new l33t brand of bullet sez it's got that power=priceless