Re: Wish list

Newsbox wrote:

> I would like to be able to parse my firewall listings of all the
> unsolicited traffic I receive, and be able to easily determine just
> what supposed or possible vulnerability some criminal creep was
> trying to find
> or exploit when each was sent. Maybe that's asking a lot, but wait,
> here's more:
>
> I would then like to know exactly what trojan, virus, worm or other
> malware on a zombie host would be sending those packets, what kinds
> of OS's they might be running on, how (if possible) to directly
> contact the host, and what vulnerabilities that zombied host would
> likely have, and how to exploit any such known vulnerability to stop
> the zombied host from further attacking me and others.

Look up tar pit.


>
> I'm surely not a rich man, but would consider setting a separate
> firewall server for this purpose if it were possible or doable.
>
> All suggestions welcome.
>
> Best wishes.

--
"There is a word in Newspeak," said Syme.  "I don't
know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like
a duck.  It is one of those interesting words that
have two contradictory meanings.  Applied to an
opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree
with, it is praise."
    -George Orwell "Nineteen Eighty-Four"


Cheerful Charlie
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