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RE: Disabling QAZ (was Re: Port 139 scans)

  • From: Dana Hudes
  • Date: Fri Sep 29 18:22:25 2000

that does not give me authority to connect to stranger's PCs

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:

> Just like they probably don't know that they're infected, they probably
> won't know that they've been disinfected. At least the first time.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dana Hudes [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 2:03 PM
> > To: Dan Hollis; [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Disabling QAZ (was Re: Port 139 scans)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I am willing to scrap together a script to shutdown the virus 
> > on an infected machine and put it in a CGI web page.
> > I'm not sure about volume but initially I think I can host 
> > it. In the event my 1Mbit connection is overwhelmed I'll need 
> > another place....
> > What stops me at the moment is that I have no authorization 
> > to test against any infected machine.
> > I need a target.
> > I'm willing to also try for making the connection to the 
> > share and removing the infection but I'm not sure I can get 
> > it in time.
> > At least a shutdown page would do something.
> > I will start writing my code and await direct e-mail with 
> > authorization and a target IP address to test against.
> > Note that I have plenty of potential test targets in my Samba 
> > logs :-( but no legal authority to connect to those machines.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dan Hollis" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 4:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: Disabling QAZ (was Re: Port 139 scans)
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, John Fraizer wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > > > It would be cool if someone would make a tool that 
> > would auto-disinfect
> > > > > users...
> > > > Yep.  The problem with that is that current laws on the 
> > books (in the US
> > > > at least) make this an illegal solution.  If memory 
> > serves me correctly,
> > > > the one I'm thinking about is worded something like:
> > > > "...any person who without authorization, accesses, 
> > modifies, deletes or
> > > > destroys..."
> > > 
> > > A web page that users themselves must click "OK, disinfect 
> > me"? Seems
> > > authorization enough to me...
> > > 
> > > > The penalties are pretty stiff too.  The best of 
> > intentions don't negate
> > > > the fact that it's illegal.
> > > 
> > > When the user initiates the disinfection themselves?
> > > 
> > > -Dan
> > > 
> > 
> > 
>