From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 30 16:13:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail.theinternet.com.au (zeus.theinternet.com.au [203.34.176.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D846137B402; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:13:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from akm@localhost) by mail.theinternet.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA85464; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:16:36 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from akm) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:16:36 +1000 From: Andrew Kenneth Milton To: Kris Kennaway Cc: The Hermit Hacker , Stefano Riva , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacked? Message-ID: <20001201101636.S14398@zeus.theinternet.com.au> References: <20001128215508.A94876@citusc17.usc.edu> <20001130110741.B29627@citusc17.usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <20001130110741.B29627@citusc17.usc.edu>; from Kris Kennaway on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:07:41AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org +-------[ Kris Kennaway ]---------------------- | 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. | > > > | > > > Could you give us some detail about the mechanism used? | > > | > > Not at this time. I'll release more details in a few days once we've | > > had time to look things over better. | > | > 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 ;-) Are you really the head of the Kwik-e-mart? -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message