[NCLUG] Code Red fun

Evelyn Mitchell efm at tummy.com
Wed Aug 8 09:43:04 MDT 2001


On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 09:52:25PM -0600, Charles Clarke wrote:
> 
> I wish I had the time to write a "Code Red Worm Innoculation" program
> that I could use on the servers which contact mine.  It would set the
> flags(atom for II and directory for I) that would prevent reinfection,
> kill any Code Reds(if possible) and hook itself into the web server
> to spread itself to any machines that tried to infect it.  Most of that
> code could be reused from the worm itself.

I am not a lawyer (nor do I play one on TV), but this is probably 
illegal.  You'd need their permission to modify their system legally.

efm



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