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Re: [cobalt-security] say cheese
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] say cheese
- From: Bill Irwin <bill_irwin@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:12:01 -0400
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Sean Chester wrote:
>
> for those that didnt realise they
> had been a victim of the li0n work help is at hand.. in the form of the
> Cheese
> worm.
>
> The cheese worm scans linux boxs looking for infected boxs and will
> fix them.
>
> clever.. until someone alters the
> cheese worm code.
>
> it looks to me like the li0n worm was the start of things to come...
> WORMS..
>
> rgds.
> Sean
>
Sean,
Actually no, there have been several worms before that.. Ramen is the
first I know of on linux based OS.
--
Bill Irwin