Re: Packet anonymity is the problem?

[Jeff Workman <jworkman () pimpworks org>]

--On Sunday, April 11, 2004 2:45 PM -0400 Joe Maimon <jmaimon () ttec com> 
wrote:

> Therefore the "good" people should beat the bad people to the punch and
> write the worm first. Make it render the vulnerable system invulnerable
> or if neccessary crash it/disable the port etc..... so that the "lazy"
> administrators fix it quick without losing their hard drive contents or
> taking out the neighborhood.
>
> Such "corrective" behavior as suggested by you might also be implemented
> in such a "proactive" worm.
>
> How many fewer zombies would there be if this was happening?

As I understand it, Netsky is supposed to be such a worm. Doesn't seem to 
make much of a difference, does it?

I thought that Nachi/Welchia was supposed to be such a worm as well, and it 
ended up doing more harm than good.

-J

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Jeff Workman | jworkman () pimpworks org | http://www.pimpworks.org