Re: FW: Reuters.com - Internet Worm Disguised as E-Mail from Microsoft - Mon May 19, 2003 03:09 PM ET

[Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>]

On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:46:25PM -0700, Brian Longwe wrote:
> Let's face it, the degree of clue and sophistication of our clients (and
> our networks) still has some ground to cover before we are arguing about
> which encapsulation is better for gigabit transmission, like you guys do
> ;-)

Sure, but I think the point being raised is that your network and servers
should be scaled to cope with a surge of activity, whatever the cause. Unix
servers are fortunately immune to the virus contents of E-mail messages, so
it's just the volume which is an issue.

If you have to clean up the client's mess, then that's another matter of
course... but I still have the T-shirt which reads:

     "We just build the highway - we don't fix your car"
                                         -- randy

:-)

Cheers,

Brian.

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