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From: dlhane at sbcglobal.net (David Hane)
Subject: Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely Discovered!

We're all feeling a little silly today. This thread has kept me chuckling all 
day tho. I don't know what's funnier, the tongue-in-cheek replies or the 
serious ones!



On Tuesday 08 June 2004 16:06, Picciano, Anthony wrote:
> Did I pick or weird day to join this maillist, or is it always this silly?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com]On Behalf Of Micah
> McNelly
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 4:32 PM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
> Discovered!
>
>
> Greatest post of all time.
>
> /me claps.
>
> /m
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Goudie, Derek" <derek.goudie@...thtech.ca>
> To: <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
> Discovered!
>
> > Thanks!  I needed that....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jakob J?nger [mailto:krimskram@...enet.de]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:01 PM
> > To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Possible First Crypto Virus Definitely
> > Discovered!
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just can admit to what Billy wrote. The Firewall of my PDA is getting
> > hot. It plays "Yellow Submarine" everytime I press the escape-key. It
> > has to be something like this crypto-thing. I don't know what "crypto"
> > means but it seems to be encrypted with EnglishLanguageProtocol.
> > Believe me, I have been the administrator of my PDA since I was three
> > years old.
> >
> > Jakob
> >
> > > Whatever ssl is, I don't know but it's using the so-called "ssl"
> > > port on the web servers.
> > >
> > > But this port 443 is not SSH! Why should it be encrypted? And what
> > > is this "ssl" thing? I've been in IT for many years and I am now IT
> > > Director here at the bank... I would think that I would know what
> > > "ssl" would be. I don't think this worm has anything to do with
> > > whatever "ssl" is. Does anybody even still use ssl? That's probably
> > > why the hackers chose it.
> > >
> > >Sorry to say but it is not! I checked my incoming traffic again this
> >
> > morning
> >
> > >and the attack on port 443 is still coming in full steam ahead! I
> >
> > don't know
> >
> > >what's going on, but I am about to block that port on my firewall.
> >
> > Some
> >
> > >nitwit (probably the idiot that was here before I became IT Director)
> > >somehow, for some reason, deliberately opened port 443 on the
> >
> > firewalls!
> >
> > >I am beginning to think that this is the first wave of the new coming
> >
> > global
> >
> > >crypto-storm!
> >
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