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

[George Rosamond]

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

+1 miles, although 'perverted' already gets overused, IMHO.

g