Eggheads: vulnerability

[Derek Kuliñski]

Hello David,

Saturday, December 10, 2005, 11:21:15 PM, you wrote:

> Is there any code in this little bit of evil that is derived from
> eggdrop even from winegg?

As far as I know it only shares the name...

> If there is any code at all then they are in violation of the GPL by
> not releasing their new code.

You forgetting that this is a trojan, even if it's bassed on winegg
it's violating many other things (including DMCA).

> If that program persists ts, even its name may be able to be
> challenged on the grounds that eggdrop has been using that name for a
> bot program for over 15 years.

Hehe, but do you know who is it's author? :)))

> Have we considered registering Egggdrop as a trade name?

If it's free then we definitively should ;)))

>> Heh, no wonder many people think that eggdrop is a hacking tool.
> Eggdrop should make some sort of public statement about this
> situation. I've heard to many Systems Admins talk about eggdrop as a
> trojan. They are truly ignorant of its true purpose and have never
> seen the real code.

I don't think this makes any difference... If somebody knows eggdrop
well enough to know about www.eggheads.org then already knows that
eggdrop isn't a hacking tool.

Maybe we should notify antivirus firms to ask them to call this
product differently? Although I belive they still would put that name
in the list of aliases...

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 Derek                            mailto:takeda at eggheads.w.pl
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