At 06:43 PM 10/3/96 EDT, Daniel W. McRobb wrote:

I think Tim was using the assumption (which I consider quite valid) that once vendors release patches, those being attacked are likely to apply a patch quite quickly. It's a motivaton issue... people are much more motivated to save their own butts in a hurry before trying to save everyone else's. ;-)

Well, I would tend to agree with you here. Incentive comes in different flavors. In any event, and being a realist, I don't envision either one to be implemented with blazing speed. - paul

I think most folks in this forum are good netizens and want to do the Right Thing(s) for everyone. Others, especially those not privy to all the fuss about this issue, are less likely to take action and will probably be hosting these attacks for a while, possibly w/o knowing it until someone tracks it down and yells at them and/or they're attacked themselves (in which case they'll probably reach for things to protect themselves before trying to protect others).