July 2001 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

FW: Update to "Code Red" Worm. Its a date bomb, not time.
by Greg Clare 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

>-----Original Message----- >From: Marc Maiffret [mailto:marc(a)eeye.com] >Sent: Friday, 20 July 2001 8:55 a.m. >To: BUGTRAQ >Subject: Update to "Code Red" Worm. Its a date bomb, not time. > > >Thanks to Eric from Symantec for tossing us a note about the >worm being Date >based and not Time based. > >We made an error in our last analysis and said the worm would start >attacking whitehouse.gov based on a certain time. In reality >its based on a >date (the 20th UTC) which is tomorrow. > >If the worm infects your system between the 1st and the 19th >it will attempt >to deface the infected servers web page or try to propogate >itself to other >systems. On the 20th all infected threads will attempt to attack >www.whitehouse.gov. This seems to continue until the worm is >removed from >the infected system. > >Any new infection that happens between the 20th and 28th will >most likely be >someone "hand infecting" your system as all other worms should >be attacking >whitehouse.gov. If for some reason you are infected between >the 20th and the >28th then the worm will begin attacking whitehouse.gov without >trying to >infect other systems. This attack will continue indefinitly. > >The following are rough numbers, but we felt that it was important to >illustrate the affects this worm can _possibly_ have. > >The worm has a timeline like this: > >day of the month: >1-19: infect other hosts using the worm >20-27: attack whitehouse.gov forever >28-end of month: eternal sleep > >Presumably, this could restart at any point in a new month again. > >Also, some stats for the attack: > >Each infection has 100 threads >Each thread is going to send about 100k, a byte at a time, >which means you >have a (40 for ip + 1 for each byte) which means you have 4.1 >megs of data >per thread >100 threads * 4.1megs = 410 Megabytes >This will be repeated again every 4.5 hours or so > >Remember, each host can be infected multiple times, meaning >that a single >host can send 410MB * # of infections. > >We have had reports between 15 thousand and 196 thousand unique hosts >infected with the "Code Red" worm. However, there has been >cross infection >and we have heard reports of at least 300+ thousand >infections/instances >(machines with multiple infections etc..) of this worm. > >If there are 300 thousand infections then that means you have >(300,000 * 410 >megabytes) that is going to be attempted to be flooded against >whitehouse.gov every 4 and a half hours. If this is true and >the worm "works >as advertised" then the fact that whitehouse.gov goes offline >is only the >begining of what _can_ possibly happen... > >---- > >I am actually writing this part of the eMail about 45 minutes after the >first part because our Internet connection here in california >has been going >up and down. We have also heard reports of internet >connectivity going down >in parts of northern california and new york. > >Signed, >eEye Digital Security >T.949.349.9062 >F.949.349.9538 >http://eEye.com/Retina - Network Security Scanner >http://eEye.com/Iris - Network Traffic Analyzer >http://eEye.com/SecureIIS - Stop known and unknown IIS vulnerabilities > --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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FW: Full analysis of the .ida "Code Red" worm.
by Tony Wicks 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

-----Original Message----- From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:12 AM To: tony.wicks(a)telstrasaturn.co.nz Subject: RE: Full analysis of the .ida "Code Red" worm. Well, Tony, to be quite frank, you annoy me even more. Who the fuck appointed you as the content-cop on NZNOG, and told you to stalk me with rude replies each time I post something? Nobody else complains about my posts, and I bet you haven't got the courage to be rude to anyone else. -- Juha :: -----Original Message----- :: From: Tony Wicks [mailto:tony.wicks(a)telstrasaturn.co.nz] :: Sent: Friday, 20 July 2001 10:07 :: To: Juha Saarinen :: Subject: RE: Full analysis of the .ida "Code Red" worm. :: :: :: Well, it's a bit rich, you posting back to the list telling :: me to cut a few :: lines out of a posting when you send so many useless posts :: there. Quite :: frankly, that annoyed me quite a bit ! :: :: -----Original Message----- :: From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] :: Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 9:59 AM :: To: tony.wicks(a)telstrasaturn.co.nz; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz :: Subject: RE: Full analysis of the .ida "Code Red" worm. :: :: :: Don't exaggerate Tony. :: :: -- :: :: Juha :: :: :: -----Original Message----- :: :: From: Tony Wicks [mailto:tony.wicks(a)telstrasaturn.co.nz] :: :: Sent: Friday, 20 July 2001 09:57 :: :: To: Juha Saarinen; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz :: :: Subject: RE: Full analysis of the .ida "Code Red" worm. :: :: :: :: :: :: Ok, tell you what, I'll trim my posts if you cut your posts :: :: to just relevant :: :: stuff, not 10-20 mails a day of off topic drivel, hows that :: :: for a deal. :: :: :: --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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SPAM/SCAM alert
by Michael Newbery 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

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Problems accessing sites in china
by Lin Nah 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

HI all I wonder if anyone here has had complains from their customers/helpdesk regarding inability to access certain chinese websites. For example the last 5 hops of a trace to www.china.com shows it disappearing after 201.176.155.238 15 hkt.ser4-0.core1.sun.cais.net (63.216.17.73) 245.372 ms 240.922 ms 237.96 0 ms 16 202.84.249.29 (202.84.249.29) 236.565 ms 235.41 ms 234.18 ms 17 207.176.97.134 (207.176.97.134) 245.263 ms 235.18 ms 238.485 ms 18 f5-1.tmh12.hkt.net (205.252.128.238) 245.80 ms 239.694 ms 243.223 ms 19 210.176.155.238 (210.176.155.238) 244.516 ms 246.827 ms 235.416 ms 20 * * * There's also been problems with some other sites ( can't remember names but perhaps one of them is cn.yahoo.com) Any ideas? regards Lin --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: IPv6...Fact or Fiction?
by Gavin Cato 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

>> NAT is a broken idea, as are firewalls. Just because it works, >> doesn't change this. I wouldn't call it broken. A band-aid solution perhaps but not broken. It does what it intended to do quite well. Gav --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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This list, or an alternative? was RE: Julian Angelo - Conclusion
by Frank March 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

I am not a network operative, yet I lurk here (with intent, since I v occasionally post). I have always considered that off-topic posts (like, I suppose, this one) come into the permissible area, as allowed for in the mention of beer in the AUP. I have always had an excellent range of helpful responses from NZNOG subscribers when I have posed policy related questions to this list even though they are unrelated to beer. I find being on this list extremely useful. At the same time, a point made in another post in the parent thread by Matt Camp about a non-operational companion list could be considered although I dont think the noise level is that serious. Frank March Specialist Advisor, IT Policy Group Ministry of Economic Development, PO Box 1473, Wellington, NZ Ph: (+64 4) 474 2908; Fax: (+64 4) 471 2658 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Pemberton [SMTP:dean(a)flatnet.gen.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2001 11:43 > To: Matt Camp > Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Julian Angelo - Conclusion > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:22:41AM +1200, Matt Camp wrote: > > > > > thirteen in the second. Removing from the count people I believe not > to > > > be staff of network operators, and the subscriber who expressed both > > > > Hrm... good point here. I know I don't have an official sig on this > email > > address, so might have been placed in the 'not a network op' basket > > here... yet I am. > > And I'm not - if anyone thinks that this makes me unsuitable for inclusion > by the 'network operator elite' then let me know and I'll unsubscribe. > > > Dean > --------- > To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > where the body of your message reads: > unsubscribe nznog --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Could this be why your 827s are retraining?
by Juha Saarinen 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121relnt /800/800yb/rn800yb.htm Resolved Caveats for Release 12.1(5)YB1 This section describes possibly unexpected behavior by software releases prior to Release 12.1(5)YB1 that have been resolved in Release 12.1(5)YB1 and above. CSCdt19816 A router retrains when an LOM is detected-a critical condition message is sent out, resulting in an unnecessary reboot. A LOM alone is not sufficient to require a critical condition message or router reset. This problem is fixed in Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(5)YB1 My version is: ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(1r)XB1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) ROM: C820 Software (C820-Y6-M), Version 12.1(5)YC, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1 -- Juha Saarinen --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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unsubscribe nznog
by Melanie McAllister 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

-----Original Message----- From: James Tyson [mailto:james(a)samizdat.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2001 10:13 a.m. To: Juha Saarinen Cc: 'Simon Allard'; 'James Tyson'; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: RE: IPv6...Fact or Fiction? > Yes, yes, but what does that mean? Details, man, details. ;-) > > I have found that with either the Nokia MW1122 and the Cisco 827 plugged > in, my Jetstream connection suffers from "micro outages", usually once a > day. It'd be interesting to discover if these outages are caused by the > adapter or by a fault/flaw in Jetstream. > > Here's what the 827 logs: > > Jul 12 03:00:16 router 23: Jul 12 03:00:16.373 NZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: > Interface ATM0, changed state to down > Jul 12 03:00:16 router 24: Jul 12 03:00:16.381 NZ: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: > Interface Virtual-Access1, changed state to down <snip /> Juha, Try "debug atm errors" and email me the output - I'll bet your getting the same thing as me. Cheers. James Tyson --- Samizdat New Media Solutions --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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DNS & email hosting
by Chris Wedgwood 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

I'm looking for a list of people who offer basic DNS and Email hosting. Nothing fancy, basically a service that a few people can use so that <everything>@some.domain.com will end up in their Xtra mailbox. It occurred to me there must be about fifty difference places who can do this, but I've never seen a list of services compiled list who can provide what. Right now, there is no talk of needing mailboxes, web-sites or indeed anything of the sort, but knowing that this is trivially possible is probably worth-while. Does such a list exist? --cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Re: Optical Gig NICs
by Richard Naylor 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

At 10:35 PM 7/17/2001 +1200, Roger De Salis wrote: >Ah, the joys of my favourite and personal network provider..... > >There is one vital fact that has been missed though.... any financial >advantage accrued through the economics espoused above, is completely >negated by the scale of the PC wreckage around Simon's desk. I've >seen it... in fact it run's over two desks....., around the floor >past the aerials, over the carpet.... who needs $25 NIC cards >when you can sidle up to Si's desk and suggest humbly that >"this has been here 6 months.....would you mind if I tested it..." > >Dean can vouch for me, so this email can be seen to vendor >independenet........ Its a part of our policy of encouraging an environment of open experimentation in the area of interoperability, especially between vendors. But to set the record (and the archive) straight we did tidy up - once, when we shifted buildings. richard.naylor(a)citylink.co.nz --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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