[Techtalk] "Slapper" worm targeting Linux/Apache servers

[Kai MacTane]

At 9/20/02 08:39 AM , Raven Brooke wrote:

>***IMPORTANT note regarding this patch:
>
>A *reboot* is required in order for this patch to work. Having just
>rebuilt a server that was infected by slapper after the patch was applied
>but the box not rebooted, I can testify that this is indeed the case.

That's very odd. It should be sufficient to simply restart Apache. Was that 
done?

                                                 --Kai MacTane
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