RE: [cobalt-security] Hacking my Raq4i???

[Carrie Bartkowiak <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:10:10 +1200, Gerald Young mumbled something 
like:
>>Agreed I don't think it will go away is it up to the unix community
>>to devise a
>>fight back that can go back to the originating server access it and
>>kill code
>>red.

There once was a *nix worm that came into your machine, looked around 
to see if you were infected with another worm - and if you were, it 
innoculated you and then went on its merry little way. (I think it 
was called the Happy worm or something?)
Having the *nix community devise this type of 'worm' to seek and 
destroy the CR worm on affected M$ boxes would be too damn funny.

Anyone here have that type of knowledge? Let's see, the counter-worm 
could force the box to connect to the M$ site, download and install 
the patch. I don't know how to write a worm, but I do know that many 
worms exist that auto-download/install stuff. 
It probably could be done... (wish I had the knowledge)
--
CarrieB
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