[SLUG] from SANS - FYI

[Andrew Dorrell <dorrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 --5 & 6 September 2000  Trinity DDoS Tool
A powerful new distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool, dubbed
Trinity, uses IRC as its delivery system  Trinity software agents have
already been found on more than 400 Linux systems.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2701686.html
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV65-663_STO49651,00.html

 --8 September 2000  Protecting Systems from Trinity
This article describes how some IT managers have been protecting their
systems from Trinity.
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO49889,00.html

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Andrew Dorrell PhD.        Research Engineer
Canon Information Systems Research Australia     Phone: 61 2 9805 2224 
1 Thomas Holt Drive,  North Ryde,  NSW 2113.     Fax:   61 2 9805 2929