Re: nimda probes

2001-09-24 Thread Keith G. Murphy
dman wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 09:29:11AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > | DvB wrote: > ... > | > You could always set up a tarpit: > | > > | > http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea/ > | > > | How is this different from, or better than, CodeRedneck? > > If you read the page, it says that La

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-21 Thread dman
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 09:29:11AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: | DvB wrote: ... | > You could always set up a tarpit: | > | > http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea/ | > | How is this different from, or better than, CodeRedneck? If you read the page, it says that LaBrea is the next generation of Co

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-21 Thread Keith G. Murphy
DvB wrote: > > "Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > > > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > > > > > Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its > >

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:07:55AM -0700, Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > ... > > In /var/lib/dpkg: > > > > 32504 info > > 4564available-old > > 4564available > > 2816methods > > > > ...is it possible to clear out the 'info' direct

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-21 Thread Erik Steffl
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: ... > In /var/lib/dpkg: > > 32504 info > 4564available-old > 4564available > 2816methods > > ...is it possible to clear out the 'info' directory? This contains the > list, md5sums, postinst, postrm, preinst, prerm, and shlibs files for > pac

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:55:23PM +1000, Sam Varghese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting > nimda probes using Apache: > > RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com > > Of course, one can choose to redirect th

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread dman
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:50:17AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: | Adam McDaniel writes: | > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would | > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. | | And then Microsoft will accuse you of a DOS attack. How so? *Y

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Brooks R. Robinson (on Thu, 20 Sep 2001 04:12:17PM -0500): > What about port forwarding? It'd still up the CPU usage on a machine, but > would it have the same results? I so much want to do this. sure, that would work. if you can afford the bandwidth. i got 2.7Gb in four hours in mer

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Frank Preut
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:17:30AM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote: > > > And then Microsoft will accuse you of a DOS attack. > > > > Couldn't you just claim that your machine was inffected? > > either way, its microsoft's fault anyway :) > well, they released the patch almost a year ago.. it's thei

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Greg Wiley
On: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its > > responsibility to f

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Christopher S. Swingley
> Looking at my logs, it seems to work: > > GET /cmd.dll HTTP/1.0" 302 > > GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 302 Yeah, but just because your Apache sends a 302 code back to the Nimda box doesn't mean it will use this information and hit www.microsoft.com. If you redirected it to an

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Craig Dickson
Sam Varghese wrote: > Looking at my logs, it seems to work: > > GET /cmd.dll HTTP/1.0" 302 > > GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 302 > > Same Apache redirect response as for /default.ida > and that, I know, works. Depends what you mean by "works". Apache is sending the redirect me

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread dman
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 07:24:45AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: | On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:20:23AM -0700, Greg Wiley wrote: | > On Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > > Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting | > > nimda p

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:12:17 CDT, "Brooks R. Robinson" writes: >> > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would >> > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. >> >> Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its >> responsibility to

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread DvB
"Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > > > Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its > > responsibility to follow i

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Craig Dickson
Sam Varghese wrote: > > Code Red, for instance, wouldn't follow redirects. > > try calling default.ida from my server -- > > http://www.gnubies.com/default.ida What for? If I do so with a browser, I'll presumably get redirected. But the virus wouldn't, because IT ISN'T A BROWSER AND DOESN'T SU

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:20:23AM -0700, Greg Wiley wrote: > On Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting > > nimda probes using Apache: > > > RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support

RE: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
> > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its > responsibility to follow it, unless it's using a toolkit that does so > automatically.

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:30:02AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Adam McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the re

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach John Hasler (on Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:50:17AM -0500): > And then Microsoft will accuse you of a DOS attack. no, they'd be proud of all the traffic. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "it appe

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Adam McDaniel (on Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:49:40AM -0600): > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. wrong. apache sends an HTTP Redirect, and it's still the client's job to execute the redire

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach Sam Varghese (on Thu, 20 Sep 2001 04:55:23PM +1000): > Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting > nimda probes using Apache: > > RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com well, this would definitely cause micro$oft to claim "Over 20 bi

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Greg Wiley
On Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting > nimda probes using Apache: > RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com Heh. I wonder if nimda actually responds to redirects. -=greg

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:53:02PM +0100, Hereward Cooper wrote: > once upon a time John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Adam McDaniel writes: > > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it > > would > > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extenti

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Hereward Cooper
once upon a time John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Adam McDaniel writes: > > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it > would > > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. > > And then Microsoft will accuse you of a DOS attack. Couldn't you j

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread John Hasler
Adam McDaniel writes: > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. And then Microsoft will accuse you of a DOS attack. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Alan Shutko
Adam McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the worm wouldn't even know the difference, to it it looks like it would > hit microsofts site from your url if it tries those extentions. Not correct, it gets a Redirect as the response, and it's its responsibility to follow it, unless it's using a too

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 09:15:58AM -0400, dman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:55:23PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > | Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting > | nimda probes using Apache: > | > | RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com >

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread dman
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:55:23PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: | Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting | nimda probes using Apache: | | RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com This is clever. I wonder, though, if the worm will actually follow the redirect. -D

Re: nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:55:23PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting > nimda probes using Apache: > > RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com That is so tempting... Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[

nimda probes

2001-09-20 Thread Sam Varghese
Nicholas Petreley had this suggestion for redirecting nimda probes using Apache: RedirectMatch ^.*\.(exe|dll).* http://support.microsoft.com Of course, one can choose to redirect the request anywhere. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com