Given what has happened, almost anything that could be done virus wise to the Internet would be a relative drop in the bucket. I seriously doubt we'll see attacks related to the terrorist attacks. ------- Glenn Pitcher Lead Network Administrator Akamai Technologies 858-909-3163 (v) 858-442-5548 (c) glenn.pitcherat_private > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Puhek [mailto:rpuhekat_private] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:45 PM > To: incidentsat_private > Subject: Terroristic attacks today > > > Has anyone seen, or does anyone anticipate any security threats on the > Internet or Internet-based attacks on any given targets in connection > with this mornings terroristic attacks on the World Trade > Center and the > Pentagon? > > I hadn't considered the possibility, assuming that parties that would > fly planes into buildings aren't likely to be interested in writing > viruses. We did have one customer voluntarily disable their Internet > connection for the next 24-hours out of concern for > "viruses". They said > something about a warning from the FBI. The FBI's website is > apparantly > unreachable (or overloaded) at the moment. > > --Rich > > _________________________________________________________ > > Rich Puhek > ETN Systems Inc. > _________________________________________________________ > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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