Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 07:26:10 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: chris@calldei.com, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG, jamie@exodus.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit (fwd) Message-ID: <199905081426.HAA39682@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 08 May 1999 07:10:15 PDT." <199905081410.HAA39550@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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It looks like I spoke too soon again. I need to read the last comment
in a thread before commenting on one in the middle. My apologies to
all.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
Province of BC
"e**(i*pi)+1=0"
In message <199905081410.HAA39550@cwsys.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD
Open Sy
stems Group writes:
> In message <19990503225131.I10291@holly.dyndns.org>, Chris Costello
> writes:
> > On Mon, May 3, 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > > > I have to say that Jamie really let us down by not running a raw
> > > > tcpdump alongside the second targetted machine here. Any chance of
> > > > provoking these people into "demonstrating" the exploit on a machine,
> > > > while another connected to the same wire is running
> > >
> > > I'd say he or whomever first reported this to bugtraq let us down even
> > > more by releasing an "advisory" in such an unknown and unverifyable
> > > state. By doing so, all they've done is hand ammunition to the FUD
> > > corps and given us no reasonable chance to respond since the advisory
> >
> > I get the impression that that was the whole point of the
> > bugtraq post, to give us more grief.
>
> How do we know that it's even true? For all we know it could just be
> lie to stir the pot.
>
>
> Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
> Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
> ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
> Province of BC
> "e**(i*pi)+1=0"
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