[SGVLUG] ack -- finally got "wormed" at work

[Zack, James]

Heh, I didn't want to go there (considering the subject).  

Yes, you are right.  Had one patched they would not have been impacted by
this particular worm.  I was speaking more in terms of generalities than
anything else... Having seen my fair share of worms after running an open
lab for students.

-JZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Proctor-Smith [mailto:mproctor13 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:53 AM
To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] ack -- finally got "wormed" at work

On 8/17/05, Zack, James <jzack at unex.ucla.edu> wrote:
> It's getting to the point where a vulnerability is revealed and a 
> worm/virus written to exploit it before the vendors have a patch 
> available.  So having a system fully up to date doesn't assure you 
> protection (heck, nothing
> does!)

True but this perticular worm was not written until after the patch was
available.