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To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: bugtraq posts: stream.c - new FreeBSD exploit? 
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In message <4.2.2.20000120172607.0198f1e0@localhost> Brett Glass writes:
: The name "stream.c" makes it sound like a local, not remote, DoS. Does
: it have to be done from inside the system to be effective? I would think
: that, if it came from the outside, it'd be harder to saturate the
: victim. 

It is a remote exploit.

Warner


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