On Tue, 27 May 2008, Anders B Jansson wrote: > Limiting the continued propagation of sql-slammer is both a worthy and > commendable deed. > > But I'm afraid that it's totally futile.
How so? Code Red II and Nimda appear to have disappeared, albeit after many years. I suspect that somebody let loose the Crclean anti-worm on Code Red II, but nobody appears to want to confess to it. I bet that SQL-Slammer would be vulnerable to the same sort of anti-worm (i.e. responding only to SQL-slammer scans, rather than doing scanning on its own). --NSA--CIA--FBI--NRO--TSA--JENKEM--DHS--BUTTHASH--TIARA--GHCQ--ECHELON-- As for you government types intercepting this, thanks for keeping us safe from our freedoms. Warrantless wiretapping is un-American and unpatriotic. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/