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____/ Doug Mentohl on Monday 09 March 2009 16:48 : \____
> Appointments for cancer patients had to be rescheduled after a computer
> virus infected the networking systems at two Scottish hospitals last
> week .. Systems were taken offline for two days to allow computer
> technicians to clean up the mess ..
>
> "They are calling it a worm and when they identify it it burrows deeper
> into the system and duplicates itself, and it is getting through some
> very strong firewalls."
What are "very strong firewalls"? Isn't that like saying your have just
a "minor" security flaw or "she's just half pregnant"?
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/09/scot_hostpitals_malware_infection/
>
> 'The exploit can affect systems with firewalls enabled, but which
> operate with print and file sharing enabled'
>
>
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/3d9c83c65478ff91?hl=en
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