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Date:      Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:22:14 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
Cc:        Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Code Red
Message-ID:  <20010821162213.B25065@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <01082021311403.04869@pcmarpxy.tninet.se>; from mark.rowlands@minmail.net on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:31:14PM %2B0200
References:  <20010820163305.60779.qmail@web11706.mail.yahoo.com> <01082021311403.04869@pcmarpxy.tninet.se>

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From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
Subject: Re: Code Red
Date: Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:31:14PM +0200

> On Monday 20 August 2001 18:33, Tim Erlin wrote:
> > Doesn't Code Red leave a backdoor open on the servers
> > it's infected? Anyone explored ways to respond to the
> > http requests that shutdown IIS on the offending
> > server? What would the legal implications of doing so
> > be -- self-defense?
> 
> no no no!  don't go there my friend, it is almost certainly illegal in almost 
> every jurisdiction in the world. (even if superficially attractive). Just 
> think of when you inadvertently crash some .com's commerce server. 
> Gonna be a nice fat lawsuit there.

Hell, I would not want a big, fat, commercial entity coming after me
with a whole lot of 'we lost profits' suits.  It's scary enough to
*think* of such an incident.

-giorgos


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