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Re: Slightly OT: Worms: Exploit Plug-ins and Benevolent Worms
- To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif(at-nospam)techst02.technion.ac.il>
- Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Worms: Exploit Plug-ins and Benevolent Worms
- From: Alon Altman <alon(at-nospam)vipe.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 04:55:12 +0300 (IDT)
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> What could be done to solve it, is to make the worm a benevolent one. I.e:
> one that closes the exploits as soon as it infiltrated the computer. This
> is still illegal according to the law, but it's probably the best solution
> yet. The worm should also make the existence of the potential exploit
> known to the administrator, so he can fix it.
>
> One could write an anti-Code-Red-II worm and put its source on USENET. He
> should probably do it anonymously.
Writing such a worm (like writing any worm) is LEGAL. Running it on an
Intranet you are in charge of is legal as well. Running it on the general
internet is not.
Therefore, there is no reason to post it anonymously, as it's totally OK
to do so (heck, you may even open a SourceForge project for it). It has a
legitimate use as a tool for intranet admins
Alon
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