[UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus

[David Braginsky]

How about an extension to mail servers that allows blocking messages
containing a certain bit pattern from being forwarded. This software could
monitor an online database, and as soon as the virus is discovered and added
to the db, all enabled servers will no longer forward it. The same approach
could be used with mail clients.

Other possibilities include detecting that a message containing the same
attachment was just forwarded 2000 times, and to no longer forward it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu [mailto:linux-admin@linux.ucla.edu]On
> Behalf Of Frederick Lee
> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 12:47 AM
> To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> Subject: Re: [UCLA-LUG] I Love You virus
>
>
> On a far more constructive note, I'd like to discuss problem-fixing.
> I'd say "solution", except that's already been high-jacked by the computer
> industry to mean a set of software.
>
>
> First of all, what were the problems involved that
> (1) allowed such a virus to propagate.
> (2) allowed it to propagate so madly.
>
>
> Next, what would it take to prevent such an outbreak next time?
>
>
> When such an outbreak does occur, what can help in
> (1) identifying an outbreak even occurred.
> (2) containing the outbreak.
>
>
> And finally, what means to repair the damage afterwards?  This is
> primarily
> a preventative measure, since you can't repair something if you don't know
> what it's supposed to look like in the first place.  The obvious answer is
> "backups", so I guess a better phrasing would be "what steps
> should be taken
> in order to repair damages afterwards?".
>
>
> There are other things I'd like to touch on, except I'm sleep-deprived and
> forgot half the things I wanted to bring up.
>
> -Fred
>
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