[iwar] [news] A 'Tarpit' That Traps Worms

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Subject: [iwar] [news] A 'Tarpit' That Traps Worms
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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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