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Re: Warning: ShareSniffer Released

#180
From: Paul Newhouse
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?
> 

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From: rockhead.com@bigbox.wan.vpn (Paul Newhouse)
Subject: Re: Warning: ShareSniffer Released
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