[61091] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sobig.f surprise attack today
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vachon, Scott)
Fri Aug 22 14:51:18 2003
From: "Vachon, Scott" <Scott.Vachon@paymentech.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:42:22 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>OK... Maybe I'm smoking crack here, but, if they have the list of 20=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?
Only if we make assumptions that what they state is 100% fact and the whole=
truth of the matter. They know of 20 but, who is to say a variant in the w=
ild doesn't know of 20 more ? Or 100 more ? Too late anyway. My other list =
subscriptions show it active now ...
~S~
Disclaimer: my own 2 cents.
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