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# wow
that sql server 2000 virus is really fucking up the internet for me. I'm going to just blame microsoft because they couldn't design a secure program to save their greedy asses.
(I helped save b3ta! Allanon, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:21, archived)
# Good plan...
I like the fact that a bunch of linux help sites went down... A base irony.
(I helped save b3ta! helmetcream, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:24, archived)
# ???
whats going on?
what virus?
(I helped save b3ta! JJ, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:28, archived)
# here
virus
(I helped save b3ta! Allanon, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:28, archived)
# It's a worm
rather than a virus.
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:33, archived)
# oh
I don't know much about these things, only that my connection is slow and I can't visit some websites.
(I helped save b3ta! Allanon, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:40, archived)
# I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person who
when faced with the message "here:VIRUS" actually clicks on it!
(Monkeypuppet, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 23:07, archived)
# /.
slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1245206&mode=nested&tid=109
(I helped save b3ta! benjymous help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:29, archived)
#
What and why.
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:31, archived)
# thank god
for apaché
(cybo, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:33, archived)
# huh?
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:34, archived)
# server.....
rather than M$ crap.

www.apache.org

:)
(cybo, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:37, archived)
# Last time I checked
Apache wasn't a relational database.
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:38, archived)
# absolutly true....
my mistake, vodja to blame....

is mySQL affected by this worm?

or is that not relational...

or am i barking up the wrong frog.
(cybo, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:39, archived)
# Nope mySQL
PostresSQL, Oracle, DB2, etc aren't affected. It's an attack on unpatched MS SQL servers. A patch has been available for this vulnerability since July - obviously many administrators haven't applied it.

The net performing really badly is down to the way the worm spreads (basically sending out loads of information to all hosts in the hope of finding and infecting another MS SQL server).

edit: hope the vodka is going down well ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 22:43, archived)
# thankyou
the voice of reason

Hints for being a server admin:

a) patch your software (unix AND windows)
b) learn use a fucking firewall properly
c) all of the above
(I helped save b3ta! crouchingbadger, Sat 25 Jan 2003, 23:34, archived)