18 Feb
1999
18 Feb
'99
12:14 p.m.
<Allison,
< Do you remember a worm that some sysadmin (North, South Carolina or
<someplace like
<that?) turned loose on his systems, back around 89-90, and _forgot_ to
<isolate his network from the general DECnet? I sure do.. Spent most of a
Yes... I had to put securepak on VIDSYS:: and it was the first time the
vax crashed seems there rev levels were a bit off. The machine was never
quite as stable after that until I reinstalled when 5.3-2 came out. The
istability was an inherited problem from the former sysop and system
owner. I still have VIDSYS:: and it's still running 5.4-4 and securepak
though I've trimed as much as I dare off.
Allison