27.01.2004
When Tuesday feels like Monday
And that is exactly what today is like. The good thing is that today being Tuesday means only 4 days until the weekend. The bad news is that I am tired and can’t really be bothered…oh well.
Things I have to do today:
- Learn how to use perl to pull out file properties (ie date and size) to be fed into a html report (useful for checking that virus signatures are up to date).
- Do some research on some strange events in a Win2k Domain controller log.
- Update my RH9 server.
Oh joy, and as I write this (trying out w.bloggar), another new win32 mass mailing worm - w32.novarg.a. Good grief, I’ve hardly even finished patching from last week. Although at least it has a vaguely amusing part with the potential to DoS www.sco.com (I do not in any way, shape or form condone that form of activity but it does indicate the possible level of resentment and anger against SCO). Mind you, thinking about it, it could also be an attempt to drum up sympathy (but I won’t go there).
So, I’d better go and hunt down the latest definitions and get them ready to go in my hand-written, script-driven virus update process (kicking off later tonight). Must try and work out how to kick it off earlier for the next version.