From owner-freebsd-stable Sat May 8 7:26:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08577152DE; Sat, 8 May 1999 07:26:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA15136; Sat, 8 May 1999 07:27:29 -0700 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda15134; Sat May 8 07:27:13 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA39682; Sat, 8 May 1999 07:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905081426.HAA39682@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdj39678; Sat May 8 07:26:11 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Cc: chris@calldei.com, "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Mike Smith , Seth , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG, jamie@exodus.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit (fwd) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 08 May 1999 07:10:15 PDT." <199905081410.HAA39550@cwsys.cwsent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 07:26:10 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message