I think a guy called William 'T' Morris may have had this idea first. Allegedly :-) History. History. History. Dom -----Original Message----- From: Jason Lewis [mailto:jlewisat_private] Sent: 23 July 2001 06:08 To: 'josh abulamhammedramashi'; vuln-devat_private; SECURITY-BASICSat_private Subject: RE: A code red that could bring down the net? The internet isn't a big hub. If I connect a machine with an IP that is identical to yours, I don't knock you off the net. There is routing and switching involved. If you change your IP to 192.168.1.1 (example IP), the entire net needs to know how to get to your IP. Just changing it doesn't make that happen. Changing IP's isn't a DDoS. How about this instead? A worm that is not only windows, but also unix based. It carries payload for each OS. It works similar to CodeRed and replicates itself. It also installs a zombie client and creates backdoors. Imagine a worm that wraps all the viruses in the 16 months into one. What if it actively searched out victims while also using Outlook to propagate itself. BTW, I want the 5 minutes back that it took me to read that paper. I also didn't cc Mark, he probably gets enough junk mail. Jason Lewis http://www.packetnexus.com It's not secure "Because they told me it was secure". The people at the other end of the link know less about security than you do. And that's scary. -----Original Message----- From: josh abulamhammedramashi [mailto:whoredwareat_private] Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 10:42 PM To: vuln-devat_private; SECURITY-BASICSat_private Cc: Marc Maiffret Subject: A code red that could bring down the net? I just wanted some input on this paper I wrote, It'd be nice for some input and constructive critiscm. I'd like to get this to eventually make the guest writer section on security focus. You can view it at http://www.whoredware.com/codered.html thanks- enigmabomb enigmabombat_private p.s. sorry about the cross posts, but this seems pertinent to both. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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