[Am-info] Windows XP and CodeRed/Nimda

[Geoffrey]

Simon Cooke wrote:
> 
> From: "Sujal Shah" <sujal@sujal.net>

>> you saying he doesn't have a right to access his own PC?
> 
> Running a webserver to do it? Damn straight -- according to the rules set
> down by his provider. If he wants to do that, he should sign up for DSL. Or
> a commercial account.

And who is it that made you the bandwidth police?  As I've noted before,
someone complains about M$ lousy software (virus/worm generator) and you
try to redirect the blame, changing the subject of the thread
completely.  Point is, whether he is obeying the ISP's tos is
irrelevant.  There are a host of others who are running such services
within the tos and have to deal with the Microsoft generated bullshit.

> *shrugs* I'm calm. But I respond typically in the manner that I'm spoken to.
> As for Mr. Dodel, he's blaming windoze users. Well, that's all fair and
> good -- in fact, he's welcome to blame them. The thing is, he's blaming them
> when he's not supposed to be running a server on his cable service in the
> first place.

He's already noted he's within his agreement.  Regardless, it's not
relevant.  I have the same complaint.  The bloody worms are filling up
my log files on my small webserver.  Small because the intended target
is a 3rd grade class and their parents.  What say you now Simon?  Oh, I
know, I'm stupid for not putting a larger hard drive on this machine
right?  Anything to attempt to redirect the thread from Microsoft
fault...


> The thing is, those ports should never have been open in the first place.

Again, what about all of us who are running legitimate services?  What
say you Simon?  I'm permitted by my tos to run a webserver, what say you
now?

--
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that
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