Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:16:36 +1000 From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Stefano Riva <sriva@gufi.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacked? Message-ID: <20001201101636.S14398@zeus.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20001130110741.B29627@citusc17.usc.edu>; from Kris Kennaway on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:07:41AM -0800 References: <20001128215508.A94876@citusc17.usc.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301349580.323-100000@thelab.hub.org> <20001130110741.B29627@citusc17.usc.edu>
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+-------[ 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
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