bugtraq - Re: Re: Windows Dcom Worm planned DDoS

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Date: 13 Aug 2003 08:59:48 +0200
From: Sebastian Niehaus <killedbythoughts@...dcrime.net>
To: martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Re: Windows Dcom Worm planned DDoS


martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net> writes:
> also sprach Sebastian Niehaus <killedbythoughts@...dcrime.net>:

> > Could be a nice feature of a worm to modify the "hosts" file and
> > prevent infected maschines to do DNS lookups.
> 
> Unless you use a rooted host for that, it would reveal your
> identity. And if you use a rooted host, you run the risk of the worm
> failing if you loose control over the host.

So we need a daemon to fetch the "hosts" file from somwhere (IRC?)<w
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