[Am-info] Fwd: 72 6D 20 2D 72 72 6D 20 2D 72 66 20 2F

[Gene Gaines]

Sorry, have been away from the list for a few days, three
email to send to the list, I apologize for not being current
-Gene

October 18, 2004
REDMOND, WA -- After years of fighting security hole after
security hole in its software, Microsoft finally had reason to
celebrate this week. Research by Microsoft's Embrace and Extend
Development Labs discovered a "cataclysmic" security breach that
impacts almost every Linux distribution.

"I can't believe any major business would base their future on
an amateurish operating system containing such a serious
exploit," said a Microsoft employee while opening a bottle of
champaigne to celebrate. "This is best news we've had all
month... and I bet this is only the tip of the iceberg for Linux
insecurity."

When pressed for details about this supposed exploit, a
Microsoft spokesdroid was somewhat evasive. However, he finally
relented and explained, "Under certain circumstances, if a Linux
system encounters the hexadecimal ASCII string, '72 6D 20 2D 72
66 20 2F', then the kernel will attempt to delete every file
from the hard drive... This behavior is unacceptable for a
modern operating system and it is, I must add, something that
does not affect any version of Windows."

After word of the discovery spread throughout the Microsoft
campus, many employees started celebrating, with large
quantities of adult beverages consumed. "Party time! Party time!
We all knew Linux sucked, now we can prove it!" shouted one IIS
developer after spraying his co-workers with bubbly.

As a result of the partying and resulting hangovers, work on
Longhorn (also known internally as Windows MT) was pushed back
for several days, putting the tentative release date at Q3 2008.
"But this has been well worth it," said one project manager. "We
needed something to celebrate. It's not every day you can find a
way to cut off your competitor's air supply. This is the perfect
ammunition for convincing Congress to outlaw open source
software."

Research by the Humorix Vast Spy Network(tm) indicates that
Microsoft plans to unveil more Linux "exploits" in the coming
weeks. "One employee just stumbled across a real doozy... During
some situations, Linux is vulnerable to the plain text exploit,
'6D 76 20 2F 73 62 69 6E 2F 69 6E 69 74 20 2F 73 62 69 6E 2F 62
69 6C 6C 72 75 6C 65 73', which can prevent the system from
successfully rebooting," said an anonymous mole.

The SCO Group was quick to pounce on the news. Said one
scofflaw, "This same problem affects SCO Unix, which just proves
beyond any reasonable doubt that Linux contains our stolen code.
Somebody needs to go to jail!"

Source:  http://humorix.org/articles/2004/10/plain-text/



OK, it is a rainy afternoon and I am doing paper filing
that bores me.  Gene Gaines