[OT] eEye on MyDoom

[bscott at ntisys.com]

  Given the recent discussion/argument on security (specifically, MyDoom), I
figure this is relevant.

http://www.eeye.com/html/Newsletter/Versa/VE20040203.html#techtalk

  From the article:

	Quite simply, user error allowed this virus to
	reach epidemic proportions.  Users being improperly
	trained, or lacking the basic understanding of the
	dangers of opening email attachments, even from
	people they know, accounted 100% for the continued
	spread of this virus.

  Apologies for the non-Linux, non-FOSS related material, but as I've been
saying, this problem could very well follow people to the FOSS world, and we
don't want that.  Constant vigilance is the price of Free Software.  :-)

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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