Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 07:18:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles C. Figueiredo" <marxx@apocalypse.superlink.net> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> Cc: "Brett L. Hawn" <blh@nol.net>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd + synfloods + ip spoofing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960521071632.1399B-100000@apocalypse.superlink.net> In-Reply-To: <199605210905.CAA13074@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
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"I don't want to grow up, I'm a BSD kid. There's so many toys in /usr/bin that I can play with!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles C. Figueiredo Marxx marxx@superlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 21 May 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > >and the such need to generate their own headers. Besides, unless your > >clueless losers and lame crackers gain root, they can't open raw sockets. > > Any PC with an ethernet card on the network can open "raw" packets. You're right, that was my point exactly. User's on his servers aren't going to be opening raw sockets, like was mentioned. It's a raw socket, not a packet. > > And they might not even have to be there while the sniffer collects > data. I've seen the consequences first-hand. This has absolutely nothing to do with sniffing, we're talking about IP spoofing + TCP sequence number generation/prediction, get it straight. Marxx > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com > --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- > NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, > Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... > NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... > > Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. > If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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