From: Nick FitzGerald (nickvirus-l.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 05:09:27 CST

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Valdis.Kletnieksvt.edu wrote:

> This would be true if MyDoom showed any really creative innovation, like
> abusing a as-yet-generally-unknown 0day, or some novel approach to finding
> ways into a system.
>
> If I was looking for holes, I'd pass on the MyDoom author and find out
> what Lie Die Yu was doing - the kind of thinking that went into the
> "Sis Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack" is what you want on your side.

Agree on both counts.

Mydoom -- like nearly all viruses -- is totally lame on the innovation
front and (if the stories are to be believed) Microsoft must rue the
day it stoped supporting Lie Die Yu...

Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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