
  Liberator v1.11

  (c) by Daniel Roethlisberger.

  All Rights Reserved Worldwide.


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  For updates and info please visit the official Liberator website:

  http://www.datacomm.ch/roe/download/liberator.html

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  INFO:


  The ultimate protection against Back Orifice.

  No installation needed, just unzip into any folder and run it.

  Liberator detects and removes installed BO servers, monitors
  vulnerable ports and sends a warning message back to the attacker.
  It also has a file/directory scanning feature.

  When a server is encountered on the system, it is automatically
  removed, without rebooting your computer, and the configuration is
  saved. The port it was configured to is then added to the list of
  monitored ports.

  If a BO packet is received, of which the password is unknown,
  Liberator will decrypt the packet anyway and send the attacker
  a message back. This is using a brute force attack on the received
  packet.

  The message sent to any attacker is configurable by the user.

  The features are not very well documented, I know. Sorry for that!
  But believe me: if you're running Liberator, you are pretty secure
  from Back Orifice, and lamers will have a hard time against you.

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  KNOWN PROBLEMS:


  o AntiGen 1.0 (and possibly later versions) by Fresh Software will
    generate a false alert if you let it check your system for
    trojans while Liberator is running. This happens because AntiGen
    checks if port 31337 is available. If Liberator monitors the
    standard BO port (i.e. if socket monitoring is activated),
    AntiGen will generate an alert.
    You can safely disregard this infection warning from AntiGen.
    ===> Shut down Liberator when using AntiGen.

  o If you're living near the date frontier (ie. GMT +1200),
    Liberator thinks you're in GMT -1200 instead of +. But as
    very few people live there, I have no intention of correcting
    this one. BTW: I got no idea how either... :-)

  o I had problems sending large answers to the attacker, thus
    making it impossible to send both the interntional and Swiss
    legal notice and a custom text at the same time. Liberator will
    disable the custom text if both legal notices are selected.

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  COMING SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE:


  o Better support for the BO droppers Saran Wrap and Silk Rope
  o Improved directory open dialog
  o Improved system check technique
  o BackAttack (flooding, IP spoofing, ...)
  o Using low-level network protocols instead of WinSock
  o Documentation :-)
  o Other cosmetics

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  LICENSE INFO:


  This software is Freeware. You are free to use this software for
  non-commercial purposes. For commercial use, please contact me for
  a quote. The software is provided as is, with no warranty
  whatsoever. Use it at your own risk.

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  HISTORY:


  Version 1.11, 04-Feb-99
  o Optimised the brute-force attack
  o Better reports to the user

  Version 1.1, 03-Feb-99
  o Finally given up the idea of supporting other trojans as well -
    there are hundreds of them around, making it impossible to
    implement all of them
  o Fixed some problems with the date/time-stamp in the log
  o Minor bugfixes

  Version 1.02, 02-Feb-99
  o Liberator is now FREEware, not Postcardware
  o Brute-force-attack against encrypted BO packets

  Version 1.01, 02-Nov-98
  o Changes to the warning message.
    Includes now the IP of an attacker (tnx to Duffy for this one!)
  o Welcome message box (or is it a nag screen?) at first run time
  o Enhanced About dialog.
  o Minor bugfixes

  Version 1.0, 02-Nov-98
  o Initial release


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  AUTHOR:


  Daniel "Roe" Roethlisberger

  ICQ-UIN:   4646931
  E-Mail:    liberator@roe.ch
  PGP Key:   0x8DE543ED at ldap://certserver.pgp.com
  Web:       http://www.datacomm.ch/roe
  Liberator: http://www.datacomm.ch/roe/download/liberator.html

