full-disclosure - The 'good worm' from HP

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From: michael at puffin.tamucc.edu (michael williamson)
Subject: The 'good worm' from HP

There are much better alternatives to using exploit code to install
patches.    The security folk at TAMU have come up with an in-line
network sniffer automagically blocks infected machines and notifies them
via an internal webserver of their infection.  After a set time it
allows them back on.  (clever...motivates _user_ to clean/patch)

http://netsquid.tamu.edu/

This is a _lot_ more responsible than running exploit code of any sort,
even for a good purpose.  I admin one particular windows server that I
must actually wait for vender approval before applying any hotfixes.  
I'd be extremely pissed if some do-gooder net admin tried to patch my
box via sploit code and ended up breaking it.  (it is that fickle)

-Michael