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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Sobig.f surprise attack today
OK... Maybe I'm smoking crack here, but, if they have the list of 20 machines, wouldn't it make more sense to replace them with honey-pots that download code to remove SOBIG instead of just disabling them? Let's use the virus against itself. At this point, I think that's a legitimate countermeasure. Owen --On Friday, August 22, 2003 11:01 AM -0700 Jim Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: F-Secure Corporation is warning about a new level of attack to be unleashed by the Sobig.F worm today. Supposed to take place at 1900 UTC. http://www.f-secure.com/news/items/news_2003082200.shtml Jim -- See what ISP-Planet is saying about us! http://isp-planet.com/services/wholesalers/flexpop.html __________________________________________________________________ Jim Dawson [email protected] Flexpop/Navi.Net http://www.flexpop.net 618 NW Glisan St. Ste. 101 v. +1.503.517.8866 Portland, Or 97209 USA f. +1.503.517.8868 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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