On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 08:30:27PM -0500, Mike Hicks wrote: > "Bill Layer" <blayer at qwest.net> wrote: > > > > Word on DalNet #linux at the moment, is that number of comprimised hosts > > exceeds 20,000 (twenty-thousand). I think this is the Big Red One... > > > > Nice work, folks. > > ZDNet and CNet (are they the same company now? I forget) are reporting > over 100,000 at the moment. > > Two interesting tidbits floating around on Slashdot: It sounds like the > servers will start flooding www.whitehouse.gov tomorrow (the 20th) and not > today (makes sense, since the site is still up). I haven't gotten any > more connection attempts since 7 PM (0000 GMT, July 20). Of course, the > worm could be broken. > > Additionally, it sounds like DSL routers can get knocked out even if the > web interface is disabled. I guess the port is still open or something (I > don't have one, so I can't test..) As mentioned here previously, > upgrading CBOS should fix it. I have a web server behind a Cisco 675 with CBOS 2.4.1 and I'm just fine. I have the port 80 on the external IP translated in the port 80 on the internal`www server (running OpenBSD 2.9 on Sparc). florin -- "If it's not broken, is because you are not fixing it enough." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4