Is this another option for Wirt's HP3000 Internet security plan?
From:  InformationWeek Daily 12/07/98
The Enterprise Strikes Back
Stung far too many times by hackers, IT managers are fighting back. An
increasing number of large companies are arming themselves with systems
designed to launch debilitating counteroffensives when attacks are detected,
according to a security study to be released next month.
In an 18-month study of 320 Fortune 500 companies, 30 percent said they have
installed software capable of launching counterattacks after suffering
security breaches, according to WarRoom Research president Mark Gembicki, an
author of the study. The report, titled "Corporate America's Competitive
Edge," focuses on security and business intelligence practices.
The method known as "strikeback" gained wider attention during the past few
months as the Pentagon reportedly thwarted a series of attacks with software
that disabled browsers used by the attackers.
Strikeback runs the gamut from passive collection of information about
hackers to deter further intrusion to a "Ping of Death" and flooding a
hacker's system beyond its capacity, both of which shut down the hacker's
system. Strikeback can even be escalated to the network level, where a
victimized company alerts its firewalls and routers to cut off all external
access or to flood the hacker's system.
Users and security experts said there is a need for strikeback
capabilities but also warn that taken too far it could pose
serious legal and technical problems. By Rutrell Yasin
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