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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — As a tank offi
cer in the U.S. Army, Lance Spitzner care
fully studied the range of Soviet tanks, their
speed and rate of fire. It is called getting to
know the enemy.
Later, as a computer security consultant,
Spitzner was surprised at the sorry state of
intelligence gathering on people who break
into computers, steal information, erase data
and launch attacks.
Some companies infiltrate hacker
groups and hire hackers as consultants. But
in this ever-escalating war, little was being
gathered about their methods until after
the damage was done.
From his worries, the Honeynet Project
was born. It is an attempt to uncover the lat
est and greatest hacking techniques, moti
vations and targets by setting up a network
of systems dubbed “honeypots,” solely to
watch them being hacked.
“Everything in security has been about
prevention, protection and reaction,”
Spitzner said. “The bad guys have the ini
tiative. We want to take the initiative and
experts studying we
with 'honeypotl
gain intelligence on the bad guys and count
er that before they attack.”
The Honeynet consists of ordinary com
puters and software with one difference:
The system seamlessly and quietly records
every bit of information that passes through,
including keystrokes.
In Honeynet’s two years of operation^ the
half-dozen machines locked away in the
spare bedroom of Spifzner’s suburban
Chicago home hosted everything from ma
licious, virus-like worms to a group of Pak
istani hackers intent on stealing credit card
numbers and defacing Websites.
At first Spitzner relied on an informal
group of colleagues to help solve the prob
lems his computers recorded. Now, the
team is 30 strong and includes computer gu
rus, forensic experts, statisticians and psy
chologists — all volunteers.
The cost was low: Nobody was paid, and
all equipment came out of Spitzner’s closet.
Team members have called the FBI when
it appeared laws were about to be broken,
but their main purpose was to collect data
for research, not prosecution. The
are rarely even identified.
And when it appears a hacker isate
divert a I loneynet computer to kind
tack against other systems, the hone
cut off to avoid liability.
The I loneynet Project aims ti'l
awareness and educate otherpro/ess]
about security risks through papers an
group’s book, “Know Your Enemy,”soi
be published by Addison-YVesley.
The* group also hopes to predict
quickly machines are likely to beviolati
ter hackers begin scanning their target
“T he fastest one of our honeypot-
ever been hacked is 15 minutes,” Spi
said. “This should scare the hell out of
We do nothing to advertise. We j
systems out there. This is my ISDNH
my home bedroom. It’s not IBM or
thing like that.”
The team turned off the original new
earlier this year and started planning
oration Poohbear,” which will be
through book sales and grants.
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“What’s taking place is un
usual for Tyler.”
All the attacks came between
10 p.m. and 1 a.m., and all but
one involved an intruder who
crept into a home. Five of die at
tacks have involved a tan white
or Hispanic man who appeared
to be in his late 20s to mid-30s,
is 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall
and weighed 175 to 200 pounds.
Three victims described
their assailant as a fit man of
similar size and build with lit
tle or no arm hair.
Some of the six women who
were attacked said police have
had to be prodded to pursue
some leads and have overlooked
some evidence.
Swindle, however, said his
department has acted properly.
He said he formed a task
force in May after a woman
from a prominent family was
attacked in an exclusive neigh
borhood.
Vieques
Continued from Page 7
six decades ago. A federal refer
endum scheduled for November
only allows them to choose be
tween the Bush plan and the
Navy remaining indefinitely and
resuming live bombing.
“From the time I was old
enough to know what they were
doing to my island I wanted
them to leave,” said Candido L.
Felix, a carpenter, handyman
and mechanic born in 1940, die
year the Navy came to Vieques
Worm
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to do so. At least two mutations
have already been found.
Code Red exploits a flaw
discovered in June in Mi
crosoft’s Internet Information
Services software used on In
ternet servers. It is found in
Windows’ NT and 2000 oper
ating systems.
Only computers set to use the
English language will have their
Web pages defaced. From the
first through the 19 of every
month, the worm spreads. From
the 20 on, it attacks the White
Flouse Website, trying to knock
it offline.
The White House took pre
cautions against it, changing its
numerical Internet address to
dodge the attack.
. Even though the target has
moved, the infected computers
will still launch their attack.
This, officials said, could slow
down the Internet causing spo
radic but widespread outages.
La£t week, the Pentagon was
forced to shut down public ac
cess to all of its Websites tem
porarily to purge and protect
them from the Code Red
worm. *
Because Code Red spread so
quickly, security companies have
not been able to figure out who
wrote and released it.
Code Red also can damage
smaller networks by affecting a
certain type of Internet routers,
made by Cisco Systems, used for
data traffic control.
Steve Lipner, head of Mi
crosoft’s security response cen
ter, said the company is looking
for new ways to distributing
patches more efficiently.
The government relips on
Microsoft and other technology
companies to secure everything
from defense networks to finan
cial systems.
“The protection of the Inter
net requires a partnership with
the government, private compa
nies and the public as a whole,”
NIPC’s Dick said.
We wont peace
for Vieques, and
that means the
Navy has to go.
— Geraldo Vegerano
construction worker
and appropriated two-thirds of
the 18-mile-long island.
Felix blamed the Navy exer
cises for his poverty, Vieques’
undeveloped fishing and
tourism industries and the re
sulting split in families whose
young members go to the main
land to find work. %
“We want peace for Vieques,
and that means the Navy has to
go,” said Geraldo Vegerano, a
construction worker who has to
commute to neighboring Cule-
hra island to work.
Decades of simmering re
sentment over the Navy’s pres
ence exploded in anger and
protests after civilian guard
David Sanes was killed in 1999
by two off-target bombs on
prized range.
On Sunday, not all of
Sanes’ family voted to stop
bombing.
“People are afraid toed
out here,” Maria Sane;
cousin of the victim, told
pro-Navy rally. “Butman)
them are going to vote for
Navy to stay, she said.
The Navy says theAtlai
bombing range, whichtafe
one-tenth of the island
eastern tip and is 10 miles
the biggest town, provide
sential training that saves
in combat.
Efforts to find an alterE
have produced proposals
patchwork of different site
different types of trainingot
mainland all widi one big
back: nobody wants 1
dropping in their backyard
Two weeks ago the Nay
nounced a program of com)
sation that would pay fishei
$ 100 for each day that boil
exercises prevent them woe
and grants of up to $25,Of'
start small businesses.
Many say that is too li
late.
“If they gave me
wouldn’t take it,” Felix said'
these years they never ga'
anything but problems.'
they want to give us monej
like trying to buy us.”
Anti-Navy activists sa;
bombing has damaged the^
ronment and the health f
landers who say they have
er-than-normal cancer
infant mortality rates. Thef'
denies causing health proM