LaBrea could maby be interesting for someone http://hts.dshield.org/LaBrea/
its for decreasing the spread of worms witch tryes random ip's mvh anders # -----Original Message----- # From: Karl E. Jorgensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # Sent: 23. september 2001 18:19 # To: [email protected] # Subject: Re: New IIS worm # # # On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 02:08:40PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: # > Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # > > Doesn't this leave you open to DOS attacks? I'm thinking # that source IP # > > addresses are relatively easy to forge, and hence an # attacher can forge # > > a nimda attach and cause you to block off legitimate IP # addresses - # > > ie. your DNS server our default gateway... # > # > To forge a Nimda attack would require you to forge a TCP # connection. That's # > not easy, unless the attacker is on the network path to the # forged address. # # Obvious, but true. I stand(/sit?) corrected. # # > -- # > Sam Couter | Internet Engineer | # http://www.topic.com.au/ # > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | tSA Consulting | # > OpenPGP key ID: DE89C75C, available on key servers # > OpenPGP fingerprint: A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05 5BD5 8530 # 03AE DE89 C75C # # # -- # Karl E. Jørgensen # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # www.karl.jorgensen.com # ==== Today's fortune: # We don't know who it was that discovered water, but we're pretty sure # that it wasn't a fish. # -- Marshall McLuhan #

