From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 21 02:06:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA10966 for current-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 02:06:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@[199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA10959 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 02:06:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id CAA13074; Tue, 21 May 1996 02:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605210905.CAA13074@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Charles C. Figueiredo" cc: "Brett L. Hawn" , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd + synfloods + ip spoofing In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 20 May 96 21:02:49 -0400. Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 02:05:44 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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. And they might not even have to be there while the sniffer collects data. I've seen the consequences first-hand. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------