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:CNET News.com: Back Orifice 2000 makes its debut
CNET News.com: Back Orifice 2000 makes its debut
Jul 11, 1999, 11 :57 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (9257 reads)

(Other stories by Scott Ard)

"Back Orifice 2000, a much anticipated and feared trojan horse software program, was released today as expected at the DefCon convention in Las Vegas."

"A boisterous and supportive crowd of several hundred DefCon attendees repeatedly roared their approval as the software's features were touted..."

"Debate has raged over whether BO2K (a pun on Microsoft's Back Office server suite) is a beneficial tool or a piece of software that makes it easy for malicious hackers to gain unauthorized entry to computers. The controversy is reminiscent of Dan Farmer's 1995 release of SATAN, or Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks.

"The version released today represents an upgrade to the original application Cult of the Dead Cow released at last year's DefCon, which has registered 300,000 downloads. BO2K is open-source and accepts plug-ins, making it likely that malicious variants will be created."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
BO2K is like the Melissa virus in that i ...   Love the M$ response   
Ben Tilly
Jul 11, 1999, 13:50:57
 
But where is this program? I would love  ...   Where is bo2000?   
Mark
Jul 11, 1999, 13:55:21
 
"Does BO2K exploit any security vulnerab ...   MS statements   
Fred Mobach
Jul 11, 1999, 15:19:14
 
First, I would like to thank Microsoft f ...   More fine service from our friends at Microsoft.   
dinotrac
Jul 11, 1999, 15:43:51
 
all i got was an error message..
        ...   what was microsofts response?   
randy
Jul 11, 1999, 16:47:56
 
and some are just pack of lies....

M$ s ...   M$ BO2K bulletin is in denial...   
totoy
Jul 11, 1999, 19:45:00
 
Amusingly, I went to the link on this st ...   MS webpage   
Jim
Jul 11, 1999, 20:56:17
 
http://www.microsoft.com/security/inc/sc ...   maybe we could help microsoft   
randy
Jul 11, 1999, 23:16:45
 
I checked oun /security/inc/scripts.txt. ...   The mysterious error message   
Sj12fn
Jul 13, 1999, 08:53:19
 
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