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Article #180Re: Warning: ShareSniffer Released
From: Paul Newhouse
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:06
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:06
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In article <s7mm6.336$Vj1.2010@open-news.pacbell.net>, Telamon <telamon_spamshield@pacbell.net.is.invalid> writes: > In article <F2hm6.4068$S25.61442@typhoon.sonic.net>, > John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote: > >> [POSTED TO comp.dcom.modems.cable; PLEASE REPLY THERE] >> >> In <3a998be1.144983802@news.lig.bellsouth.net>, >> REMOVE_THIS_xmundt@yahoo.com (Dave Mundt) wrote: >> >> > Greetings and Salutations.. >> > >> >"Keith Paxton" <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote: >> > >> >>John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote in message >> >>news:IXRl6.3973 >> >>> In <kYIl6.60587$_D.11160931@typhoon.we.rr.com>, "Keith Paxton" >> >>> <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >Just like more and more gun laws aren't going to keep the >> >>> >gang-banger in the neighborhood from poppin' a cap in >> >>> >your ass when you look at him the wrong way. >> >>> >> >>> The why does the USA have one of the highest violent crime rates in the >> >>> developed world to go along with the highest rate of private ownership >> >>> of lethal weapons? >> > >> > Hum..I would question this statement, not because I think there >> >are that small a number of guns in the USA, but, because I think it >> >shows more of the preconceptions of the speaker than of reality. ... >> >> Most countries have produced data on firearm deaths, allowing >> researchers to estimate the number of suicides, homicides and >> unintentional deaths by firearms, and to make international >> comparisons. Such comparisons must be made cautiously because of the >> different approaches that countries take in keeping records of public >> health and crime statistics. The data collected through the United >> Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation (1998) allow for >> some preliminary comparisons. Twenty-nine countries submitted >> statistics on the rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 population. The >> highest rates were reported by Columbia at 55.8, Brazil at 26.9 and >> the United States at 14 per 100,000 population. About 21 of the >> countries reported a rate of less than 5 per 100,000 population, >> including Canada at 4.1; Australia at 3; New Zealand at 2.9; and >> Sweden at 2.3. Nine countries reported a rate of one or less, >> including Japan at 0.07 and the United Kingdom at 0.6 (United Nations >> International Study on Firearm Regulation. New York. 1998). >> >> Bottom line: US firearms death rate is over 20 times higher than the UK >> and Japan. > > > The thread starts out with the post below and ends up talking about > driving and firearms? Everybody on this thread in the same drinking > party except me? Wow! Talk about running amuck! > > So if I see a software bug should I put my seat belt on before I run it > over with my car or should I just pull out my .45 cal pistol and shoot > it? Air strikes are effective. ;) Paul > Message-ID: <3A966412.9336DCD8@mynetwatchman.com> wrote > > The last thing I want to do is give this guy any press, but figured I'd > send a heads up: > > http://www.sharesniffer.com/FAQ.html#Q-001 > > Advocates utilizing the open shares for extra disk space "...because > it's there". > > My biggest concern is that it utilizes a newsgroup repository to collect > and dissemenate IP addresses with known open shares. Others (including > automated worms) could easily leverage this data, facilitating system > compromises. > > > Expect an increase in Netbios scans over the coming days....sigh. > > > lb. > ------------------------- > Lawrence Baldwin > Protocol Scientist > 678-624-0924 > http://www.mynetwatchman.com/about.htm - I'm under attack, now what? > -- The lotto must be rigged, I should have won by now. Modular furniture is cruel and unusual.
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From: rockhead.com@bigbox.wan.vpn (Paul Newhouse)
Subject: Re: Warning: ShareSniffer Released
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