Re: FW: Careful. This is for information only.
2 thoughts.
1) Write a script that instead of shutting down the system
applies a hot-fix or shuts the wurm off, maybe a cron type, at job that
removes the files the wurm puts in place and then emails the admin
with a "hey your box is hacked, fix it"...
2) My understanding is that this was made by some chineese hacker
ticked off about that spy plane garbage and is DDOS'ing
whitehouse.gove. Being that we don't seem to be getting much help
shutting this down since v2 is now out, lets change DNS for a week
and point Whitehouse.gov to china.gov or some such mess.
Thus spake Nathan E Norman (nnorman@micromuse.com):
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 08:36:53AM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > How about this? [ "white" worm ]
>
> You're missing the point.
>
> No one here is saying you would be a bad person if you {shut
> off/nuked/notified} a remote site that is already affected with the
> worm du jour.
>
> What I'm trying to say (and John Hasler as well if I may be
> presumptuous) is that given the current state of affairs legally, you
> would be _unwise_ to set up your system in such a way that it did
> something to another machine via some back door mechanism, even if
> what you did was clearly beneficial.
>
> Many are saying "but that's stupid, it's sad that we can't help".
> You are absolutely correct. The Internet was supposed to be about
> cooperation ... as far as I can see it's mostly a playground for
> idiots and control freaks.
>
> If you want to figure out how to "stop" code red, go right ahead!
> However, don't be surprised when some moron calls you and wants to
> know why you've "hacked" his system. You can't share wisdom with
> fools, unfortunately.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better
> Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow.
> mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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