- M$ Virus takes down Grid
- Posted by Joe on August 17th, 2003
In message <pan.2003.08.16.15.45.11.775410@none.com>, Rick
<rick@none.com> writes
Apparently CNN floated this on Thursday. A few posters to Bugtraq seem
to agree that the grid control network runs at least partly on W2K/XP
machines and uses DCom and RPC.
It is, of course, impossible to believe that such a control network
would run under anything less than the highest possible standards of
encryption, redundancy, firewalling etc., or that any of the admins
would neglect security patches... isn't it?
--
Joe
- Posted by Duncan McNutt on August 17th, 2003
No it was because the powerstation was unable to activate they're copies of
XP.
--
Duncan McNutt
Microsoft Product Deactivation Team
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"Joe" <joe@jretrading.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by Rick on August 17th, 2003
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 16:42:41 +0100, Joe wrote:
If I have read the reports properly, most of the actions of the grid were
appropriate given the fluctuating power levels. I have also read of
smaller outages that now look like predictors of the big outage, and I
have read of un-heeded warnings. The investigation and finger pointing is
going to make interesting reading.
--
Rick
