[CLUE-Tech] [Fwd: FW: [lug] new Linux worm]

[Grant Johnson]

At 07:01 PM 03/23/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Whoa. Lion is a nasty one (just finished reading the SANS advisory.
>
>This would only effect Linux boxes running as DNS servers, Yes?  Hopefully 
>the BIND daemon (if it is a daemon - more man pages reading to do) is also 
>not default running on RH systems.
>
>-Jim
It is running by default on most distributions, BUT, the advisory about BIN 
came out some time ago, and all of the major distros have released 
patches.  If you are up to date on your security patches, you are OK.  If 
you have gone through and shut off daemons you are not using, you are 
OK.  Most people are vulnerable.  Especially the desktop users, who do not 
take system administration seriously.