John,
        Thanks, must have missed that one, but I am pretty sure I can work off
what you provided.  Been in a different world for a little while sorry.


John Foster wrote:

 > William,
 >
 > Part of your answer was recently discussed in the list. In your 
httpd.conf
 > or srm.conf files add the <Directory> directive to catch known virus
 > requests:
 >
 > <Directory /home/sites/home>
 > RedirectMatch (.*)\cmd.exe$ http://127.0.0.1
 > RedirectMatch (.*)\default.ida$ http://127.0.0.1
 > RedirectMatch (.*)\root.exe$ http://127.0.0.1
 > </Directory>
 >
 > <Directory /home/sites/site1>
 > RedirectMatch (.*)\cmd.exe$ http://127.0.0.1
 > RedirectMatch (.*)\default.ida$ http://127.0.0.1
 > RedirectMatch (.*)\root.exe$ http://127.0.0.1
 > </Directory>
 >
 >
 > What this will do is match the file request then redirect the caller to
 > their own web server, if they have one. Therefore they infect 
themselves if
 > they are a Windows server.
 >
 > How you set up the <Directory> directive will depend on how you have your
 > server configured, single host or virtual hosts. Look it up at the Apache
 > web site for documentation.
 >
 > Good luck!
 > John
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William L.
 > Thomson Jr.
 > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:15 PM
 > To: Cobalt Developers Group
 > Subject: [cobalt-developers] Redirecting virus/work hits
 >
 >
 > I am sure all of you have experienced some sort of unneeded and unwanted
 > hit for a page that only exist on MS servers which hopefully none of use
 > are running. We definitely are not.
 >
 > To me this seems possible, I am just not aware of the system vars that
 > are available or how exactly this would be done.
 >
 > I want to set up my Apache, so certain hits are redirected back to the
 > server it came from.
 >
 > Re-infect the already infected server, if that's possible.
 >
 > The hits are annoying, and I am beginning to want to take revenge on
 > those who are either stupid, un-aware of worms and viruses that have
 > been going around for some time, just refuse to upgrade and patch their
 > equipment, or refuse to move to a real platform.
 >
 > Part of me says that ISP should have contacted their customers and do
 > something about it. Anyway, sorry to complain, but I am getting close to
 > my limit with the people responsible with these machines.
 >
 >
 > --
 > Sincerely,
 > William L. Thomson Jr.
 > Obsidian-Studios Inc.
 > 439 Amber Way
 > Petaluma, Ca. 94952
 > Phone/fax 707.766.9509
 > http://www.obsidian-studios.com
 >
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 >
 >


-- 
Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Support Group
Obsidian-Studios Inc.
439 Amber Way
Petaluma, Ca. 94952
Phone   707.766.9509
Fax 
707.766.8989
http://www.obsidian-studios.com

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