> It might be my over-paranoid nature, but I think that labeling this, or > any other worm, as a good samaritan worm is dangerous. We have no way of > verifying or holding the author accountable, and it may be that some > hostile functionality exists in the worm and it is simply patching to > protect itself. Good point Dan. I was trying to paraphrase the basic description of the worm I got from various sources - in retrospect I should have left out my adjectives. Regards, Ken --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Captus Networks - Integrated Intrusion Prevention and Traffic Shaping - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic - Ensure Reliable Performance of Mission Critical Applications - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security and Performance Policies **FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit - WhitePapers - Live Demo Visit us at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/CaptusNetworks_incidents_030814 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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