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Message-ID: <1093096856.31492.13.camel@mesquite.yi.org>
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
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