Re: CodeGreen beta release (idq-patcher/antiCodeRed/etc.)

[Kev <klmitch () MIT EDU>]

> Okay I may be wrong on this, but I read somewhere that the FBI is 
> actually trying to contact the owners of 6000 computers to inform them 
> that they have been infected.  Wouldn't this kind of "good worm" screw 
> that up?  And I can't believe after all this media hype and after all 
> these advisories and discussions, that there are still some people out 
> there that aren't aware that their system is infected.  But I'm sure it 
> will get better...even NT admins run windozeupdate from time to time, 
> which I heard patches the bug.  Just my $0.02 :-D

Unfortunately, all the world's not the USA (much to the chagrin of many
of my fellow citizens, it seems).  Also, there are many, many, many
clueless admins out there; anybody that has to deal with script kiddies
knows just how often Korean (for instance) hosts are broken into and used
for all sorts of nefarious purposes.  90% of the time, I'm unable to even
report spam to the open relays in that country, because not only is
postmaster@ not even present, the contacts listed in whois.nic.or.kr just
point into never-never land.  I fear we will never see the end of this
particular problem :/
-- 
Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch () mit edu>