Linux worm overrated

Linux worm overrated
Daniel Hanson, 2005-11-09

The latest and greatest Linux worm isn't the most elegant or fastest spreading worm, or even one that's difficult to stop, but it still offers a warning for Web developers and administrators everywhere.

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Linux worm overrated 2005-11-10
overdose

100% right 2005-11-10
aeonflux

Worm Or WakeUp call? 2005-11-12
masood mehmood

This worms is a wakeup call for the lazy administrator and Developers around us. Its been a long time since XMP-RPC,AWStat vulnerabilities discovered and still, If its the fast spreading and elegant worm then the problem is totally belong to Administrator and some how Developers too.

According to Symantec Security Responce paper, It also opens a UDP port 7222 for an unauthorized acces which is only possible if any one of us is not even fit in the First Dumbest idea of Marcus Ranum. And YES you are right, The problem is totally in the awareness of update not the Worm itself.

Thanks Daniel Hanson.

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Re: Keep /tmp always noexec 2005-11-21
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Re: Linux worm overrated 2005-11-22
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