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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:07:41 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc:        Stefano Riva <sriva@gufi.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD hacked?
Message-ID:  <20001130110741.B29627@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301349580.323-100000@thelab.hub.org>; from scrappy@hub.org on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:50:26PM -0400
References:  <20001128215508.A94876@citusc17.usc.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301349580.323-100000@thelab.hub.org>

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:50:26PM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> > > >Yes, I can confirm this happened last night. We were immediately
> > > >informed by those who did it including how it was achieved. The
> > > >penetration mechanism was not a vulnerability in FreeBSD and was

       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > >corrected immediately.
> > >=20
> > >   Could you give us some detail about the mechanism used?
> >=20
> > Not at this time. I'll release more details in a few days once we've
> > had time to look things over better.
>=20
> so, for the next few days, there is a possibility that the rest of us are
> as vulnerable? *raised eyebrow*

Only if you think I'm a damned liar ;-)

Kris

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