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Date:      Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:22:45 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Spoofed connections on port 13223??
Message-ID:  <4.1.19981013162129.0475b390@mail.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <19981013135826.A22942@best.com>
References:  <4.1.19981013100624.041b8760@mail.lariat.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981013004343.26044A-100000@ns.nternet.net> <199810131024.DAA04862@hub.freebsd.org> <4.1.19981013100624.041b8760@mail.lariat.org>

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At 01:58 PM 10/13/98 -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote:

>        However, I never delt with CERT and not really sure how things work
>        when someone calls them.

When we had a machine rooted, they DIDN'T call back. They didn't even
respond to the e-mail until a momth later. Their announcement of the
security hole through which our machine was compromised came WEEKS
after it was too late.

In short, they're ineffectual except perhaps as archivists.

--Brett


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