Re: slapper worm

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

On Tuesday 24 January 2006 14:20, Mike Klinke wrote:
>On Tuesday 24 January 2006 13:08, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> I'm a little shocked at this, frankly. I Googled around, and
>> found mentions of the Slapper going back to 2002. Why is it that
>> this exploit (and variations of it) haven't all been stamped
>> out years ago?
>
>Read the link I posted yesterday, according to them, it's been
>rewritten to exploit new ways to get in to your box.
>
>http://www.lurhq.com/slapperv2.html
>
If this file mentioned on the site doesn't exist on any of my systems, 
is it safe to assume relative safety against this attack?

I would think so when combined with the ISP's (vz) blocking of port 80, 
but what do I know...  Thats why I asked, Mike.

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