As Server admin:
I would agree with Dave. If someone installed an upgrade on my server with
out my blessing, I would be very irate. Plus, I would have no proof of what
else they installed on the server. Back door?? User account?
I would regard this as a virus and the author deserving the same as the
original as the code red worm.
As an everyday Web dude:
Interesting idea. Fight a worm with a worm. Maybe a foreshadowing of the
future? Every virus/worm should have a worm-cure that lives on line.
Summery:
Good idea but, I would avoid writing anything of the type even with the best
intentions.
Mark W. Breneman
-Cold Fusion Developer
-Network Administrator
Vivid Media
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.vividmedia.com
608.270.9770
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:37 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Total Fix For Code Red
> > > Or is this totally unethical - love to hear your thoughts
> >
> > I think that it would be wrong to compromise someone else's
> > system, even for ostensibly good goals.
>
> Agreed, but what would be the harm of generating an email to
> webmaster@..., admin@...., and support@... with a link to the
> patch and instructions on how to install it...
>
> Instead of doing it for someone, tell them how to do it. Then
> you might also put a link in said email to a template on your
> server that would perform the correction on their system (assuming
> that it is possible to do that). That way you *know* they approve.
There would be no harm in notifying someone that his computer has been
compromised; in fact, I know quite a few people who are doing that. I'd be
reluctant to build something that could do the installation itself, though -
that's asking for trouble.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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