Re: [SAGE] What are you all doing about the WMF exploit?

[Cat Okita <cat@reptiles.org>]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Mario Obejas wrote:
>> We've mandated the unofficial patch in the face of 1) ~6 hosts per day
>> on a /16 falling to one or more of the hundreds of exploit versions out
>> there, 2) anti-virus firms not keeping up with the morph rate, and 3)
>> Microsoft not planning on releasing their official patch in a more
>> timely manner.
>
> Richard, I really appreciate your response.
> Did you mean 6 out of 16 hosts? I did not understand the /16.

I presume he means the CIDR notation /16, which would be about 65,536
addresses.

... although 6 hosts out of 60,000 (roughly) doesn't seem to be that
bad, all things considered.

cheers!
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