full-disclosure - Re: Windows Dcom Worm planned DDoS

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Message-ID: <m33cg6m49n.fsf@worst-case.niehaus.dynodns.net>
From: killedbythoughts at mindcrime.net (Sebastian Niehaus)
Subject: 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