Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 20:31:28 +0200 From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> To: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nimda-A Worm/Virus threatens networks Message-ID: <20010918203128.B33432@mail.webmonster.de> In-Reply-To: <a05100308b7cd4104a941@[206.128.102.10]>; from jim@ohio.com on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:21:50PM -0400 References: <20010918195218.P27375@mail.webmonster.de> <a05100308b7cd4104a941@[206.128.102.10]>
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--wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim Arnold(jim@ohio.com)@2001.09.18 14:21:50 +0000: > i am running an apache server on linux. how do i stop it from gobbling > all my bandwidth? i'm being hit by dozens of different servers. you might configure your 404 error handler to spit out a very small file (for example containing just one space character '%20'). mod_throttle or other bandwidth control tools will not help, since the worm hits each server it scan with a list of several uris and that's pretty it. if the worm catches a 404 http error it will cease scanning this particular system. bad, that it does not honor redirect requests ;-) /k --=20 > Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent > revolution inevitable. KR433/KR11-RIPE -- WebMonster Community Founder -- nGENn GmbH Senior Techie http://www.webmonster.de/ -- ftp://ftp.webmonster.de/ -- http://www.ngenn.n= et/ karsten&rohrbach.de -- alpha&ngenn.net -- alpha&scene.org -- catch@spam.de GnuPG 0x2964BF46 2001-03-15 42F9 9FFF 50D4 2F38 DBEE DF22 3340 4F4E 2964 B= F46 Please do not remove my address from To: and Cc: fields in mailing lists. 1= 0x --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7p5MAM0BPTilkv0YRAiN8AJ0adH7OPCNvyXCY0DmyQpZCW4UfyACfddHF zOJ59o4DXzZJnBrdnLXHPlE= =8Yuy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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