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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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