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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:43:21 -0500
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Subject: RE: [iwar] [news] A 'Tarpit' That Traps Worms
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The "LaBrea" tarpit tool sounds good. After reading the SecurityFocus
article, and other opinions on it, it does appear that placement of the tool
is a major factor in how well it will succeed. Once again, the much
hoped-for "technological paradigm shift" against hacking and other nasties
hasn't shifted quite far enough. Silver bullets and panaceas still seem to
be in vanishingly short supply.
I tend to agree with Rob Rosenberger that, in the final analysis, the
problem is a people/attitude issue, and not truly a technological one. Not
a new or surprising theory, but I think accurate.
Ross Leo
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From: Srijith.K [mailto:srijith@srijith.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 23:08
To: iwar@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iwar] [news] A 'Tarpit' That Traps Worms
Source: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46964,00.html
A 'Tarpit' That Traps Worms
By Michelle Delio
9:35 a.m. Sep. 19, 2001 PDT
Network administrators now have a hacking tool that can help them
strike back at malicious attackers.
"LaBrea" is a free, open-source tool that deters worms and other hack
attacks by transforming unused network resources into decoy-computers
that appear and act just like normal machines on a network. But when
malicious hackers or mindless worms such as Nimda or Code Red attempt
to connect with a LaBrea-equipped system, they get sucked into a
virtual tarpit that grabs their computer's connection -- and doesn't
release it.
(...)
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