Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 22:49:03 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Sander <jim@federation.addy.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Someone trying to route to my machine? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990403224032.24296A-100000@federation.addy.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990403122507.nicole@nmhtech.com>
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> Even so, if someone detected I was running routed, could they use that to try > to route to a machine for some nefarius reason? Yes. In theory, routed can be used to enable someone to "remotely sniff" your machine, provided they are clever and you are not. Also, if someone adds enough routes, you overflow some allocated space, and on many/most systems you lose network capability if not crash. (DoS attack) Old SunOS systems would crash in the *coolest* ways when you added a couple thousand routes... -=Jim=- Addy & Associates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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