Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cyberwar is real enough. There has been a concerted attack on US radical news and commentary websites from ISP's in Israel, which have been traced back to modems in the WB settlements. I recently put up a WB photostory on ZNet and was inundated with viruses (not worms), some of them quite rare, for the following week. It's settled down now. Not the first time, either. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@mac.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:51 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Flash -- and a Virus update > On 9/9/02 B. D. Colen wrote: > > >I use Norton's virus scan, keep it running in background, and last updated > >it a couple days ago....so I hope it's not me... > > I keep wondering if these viruses are an act of cyber-war. There's something > that just doesn't feel right about the way this one propogates. > > In a way it's the equivalent of flying an airplane into the World Trade Center. > The whole internet works because routers and users trust the system. These > viruses make us distrust, which inhibits communication. > > At some point the net infrastructure will have to adjust and be more formal > about accepting packets, making sure they are coming from who they claim to be > from. In the early days these kinds of security problems weren't an issue but > now servers and routers need to be trusted. > > I have a whole array if IP addresses that I won't receive mail from. But what if > we had to filter light in the same way - sorry: those wavelengths are too > dangerous to receieve so we filter them out. So much for purple. > > Sigh. > > Adam > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html