From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>

On 2017-05-15 21:05, Ant wrote:
> "Wolf K" wrote:
>> On 2017-05-15 16:17, FredW wrote:
>>> On Mon, 15 May 2017 20:52:07 +0100, "Ant" <not@home.today> wrote:
>>>> "FredW" wrote:
>>>>> All those that replied have clearly no idea whatsoever of IT-matter=
s.
>>>>> They give only politically desirable answers (they think).
>>>>
>>>> Neither do the people running the affected networks and systems,
>>>> apparently. They should be fired.
>>>>
>>>>> And this massive attack of ransomware was caused by the NSA and the=
 USA.
>>>>
>>>> Not really. People (amd Microsoft) should have woken up in 2003 when=

>>>> the Sever Mesage Block (SMB) software listening on port 445 was firs=
t
>>>> exploited by the Blaster worm. There is no reason for SMB to be
>>>> listening for incoming internet connections and no excuse for not
>>>> firewalling this port.
>>>
>>> Further reading showed me you are right.
>>>
>>> (ever more facts are appearing how this originated.)
>>
>> ... which support the conspiracy theory that the hole was deliberate,
>
> Nonesense.

Hey, you missed the irony. ;-)


Agree with your other points.

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