[NTLUG:Discuss] Red Worm flood on port 80

[Steve Baker]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> 
> Is there anything that I could do to create havok with the systems scanning
> me?  What about creating a default.ida file and filling it with some data?
> (I know...that just fills up more bandwidth...)

But the systems causing the trouble are just dumb - but innocent - M$ users
who's machine got infected with the virus.  Hitting them back would achieve
nothing and would be likely to land you in jail if you were caught.

Their worst crimes were failing to install the security patches - and
choosing M$ in the first place.  In an ideal world, either of those
decisions would land you in jail - but regrettably, this is a MICROSOFT
world - and not an ideal one.

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