Re: [Full-Disclosure] The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory

["Mike Vasquez" <mike@blakogre.com>]

Ya, but I think it's just as likely someone who had very little coding
knowledge, but wanted to be the first to get a worm out.  If they subscribe
to the list, they're probably laughing at the conspiracy theories being put
forth.

Mike, AEIOU, and sometimes Y

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremiah Cornelius" <jeremiah@nur.net>
To: <full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:54 AM
Subject: [fd] Re: [Full-Disclosure] The MSBlast Conspiracy Theory


> On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:55 pm, Weezer Hutchins wrote:
> > This was such a benign implementation of the serious DCOM security risk,
> > that my conspiracy theory is ... Microsoft had this worm released on
> > purpose in an attempt to get everyone to patch their machines before a
> > really threatening version was released.
> >
>
> Well,
> MSBlast was kludged together poorly enough. That in itself is another
> indicator supporting your theory.
>
> -- 
> Jeremiah Cornelius, CISSP, CCNA, MCSE
> Information Security Technology
> email: jcorneli@hotmail.com - mobile: 415.235.7689


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