RE: DDoS on the 16th - Fail if no DNS resolution?

["gml" <gml () phrick net>]

_data:004047EC aWindowsupdate_com db 'windowsupdate.com',0 

that's what I have.

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of northern
snowfall
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:10 PM
To: Jason Witty
Cc: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] DDoS on the 16th - Fail if no DNS resolution?

> Has anyone tested this worm yet to see what it'll do if you set up an 
> internal DNS entry for windowsupdate.com to point to a black hole 
> address (127.0.0.1 for example) and then set the system clock to be 
> August 16th (this Saturday)?

Has anyone taken the time to read the assembly to see if
the worm exits if it can't find an IP? Rather than point
windowsupdate.com to 127.1, just force your dns to return
lookup failure.

If the worm sees an error when it performs a URL lookup,
maybe it dies. It wouldn't have *anything* to DoS.

Don

http://www.7f.no-ip.com/~north_



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