[triadtechtalk] Re: Consistent crashes W-98

  • From: "JOE STRAIN" <jstrain1@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:56:33 -0500

I asked Time Warner what the continually flashing bottom light on my cable=
 modem meant (read's "data" )

They said it was pinging from hackers' automated programs (probably=
 chinese) trying to find open ports...

seem reasonable? Or poppycock ?

yodar
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On 4/1/2003 at 4:28 PM Cuffy10@xxxxxxx wrote:

>In a message dated 4/1/03 10:51:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
>jstrain1@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>> jest plain dumm luck, huh?  ;>)
>> 
>
>Luck could be part of the equation but I'm more inclined to think that
>your 
>vulnerability to attack is similiar to Enid, Oklahoma during WWII. There
>was 
>nothing there worth attacking 60 years ago and the same holds true today
>(see 
>the comment from Chas in Ok). The possibility of you being attacked is
>about 
>as likely as the possibility that Enid, Oklahoma will become a tourist 
>attraction.
>If you would feel better worrying I would suggest you worry about some
>gang 
>member coming in and spraying graffiti on your bathroom walls. Now there's=
 
>something to be concerned about !! <bg>
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