[nycbug-talk] Searching for suspect PHP files...

[Andy Kosela]

George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:

> Miles Nordin wrote:
> >>>>>> "mj" == Matt Juszczak <matt at atopia.net> writes:
> > 
> >     mj> say I wanted to check if an existing system of mine has
> >     mj> been compromised.
> > 
> > I vote we should start using Vinge's word for this scenario:
> > ``perverted''.  Instead of ``the box has been compromised,'' say
> > ``that machinery has become perverted.''  
> > 
> > Instead of ``the worm is spreading through all our systems in that IP
> > block really quickly,'' say ``the perversion is spreading throughout
> > the entire cluster.''
>
> This guy?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor_Vinge
>

Vernor Vinge is reminding me of Stanislaw Lem, author of Solaris.  Both
are/were very advanced in their ideas and thinking.

--Andy