Internet at work has been severed.
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Because of the latest Windows virus. Seems they're worried that the virus will get emailed to some of the UNIX boxen... and.. well, I've not quite gotten an answer to what, but somehow, there's "propagate and spread".
So the firewall and router guys have gone through all the routers (around the US) and chopped (just about) everything off.
The virus wasn't a Denial of Service, but... If you jump off the network... does that mean you win and not being denied service?
"Look at me, brain the size of a planet, and they have me filtering by protocol."
Idiots. Surely they don't mean Code Red or SCam?
I remember living through that.
About the best I and my boss could do was tell anyone who would listen that the powers that be wouldn't listen to us, since we were the ones who were employed to be the authority on that kind of thing. Made 'em look pretty silly among the peons.
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"