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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: slave on 2 July 2002, 07:27

Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: slave on 2 July 2002, 07:27: So much for open source being more secure than Windows

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940585.html (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940585.html)
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: Master of Reality on 2 July 2002, 07:31: Hopefully they are gathering zombies to attack Microsoft (http://smile.gif)
and how many exploits have there been in the closed source IIS server?

[ July 01, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: voidmain on 2 July 2002, 07:44: 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...
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: lazygamer on 2 July 2002, 07:53: Worms, Trojans, Exploits, Zombies etc.

Dammit! I want an internet themed metaphorical freeware RPG! :D
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: para_fms on 2 July 2002, 12:29: Hopefully they are gathering zombies to attack Microsoft (http://smile.gif)

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.
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: preacher on 2 July 2002, 23:18: 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.

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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 (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940585.html)
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: badkarma on 3 July 2002, 14:35: 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 ....
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: choasmaster on 3 July 2002, 21:54: waste of a bullet, those things like cost 60 cents or so.
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: Refalm on 3 July 2002, 22:24: Car - $ 10,000
Gas - $ 10

Windows XP User #5225982375 driving himself of a cliff - Priceless
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: markdcc on 4 July 2002, 12:53: 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.
Title: New Apache worm starts to spread
Post by: lazygamer on 4 July 2002, 19:13: 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