Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:59:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:58:53 -0500 Received: from james.kalifornia.com ([208.179.59.2]:1601 "EHLO james.kalifornia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:58:43 -0500 Message-ID: <3ABF903B.1010906@kalifornia.com> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:53:47 -0800 From: Ben Ford User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i686; en-US; 0.8.1) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gregory Maxwell CC: "Richard B. Johnson" , Gerhard Mack , Bob Lorenzini , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux Worm (fwd) In-Reply-To:

<20010326102418.C18480@xi.linuxpower.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org What company was it that you worked for? I'm sure we could convince them otherwise . . . . -b Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:07:22AM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > [snip] > >> I have just received notice that my machines will no longer be >> provided access to "The Internet". >> >> "Effective on or before 16:00:00 local time, the only personal >> computers that will be allowed Internet access are those administered >> by a Microsoft Certified Network Administrator. This means that >> no Unix or Linux machines will be provided access beyond the local >> area network. If you require Internet access, the company will >> provide a PC which runs a secure operating system such as Microsoft >> Windows, or Windows/NT. Insecure operating systems like Linux must >> be removed from company owned computers before the end of this week....." > > > You've demonstrated over and over again that you work for a constantly > stupid company. > > Please find someplace else to work, your issues have become more depressing > then amusing. :) > > It's sad that people like the one who sent out messages like that can stay > employed. In the last year there have been several Windows love-bug type > worms each causing damaged estimated in the billions. One or two Linux worms > that go after a long fixed problem with no published accounts of significant > damage and you get that sort of email.. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/