From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 13 15:23:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08776 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:23:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08770 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:23:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA23639; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:22:50 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.1.19981013162129.0475b390@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:22:45 -0600 To: "Jan B. Koum " From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Spoofed connections on port 13223?? Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19981013135826.A22942@best.com> References: <4.1.19981013100624.041b8760@mail.lariat.org> <199810131024.DAA04862@hub.freebsd.org> <4.1.19981013100624.041b8760@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message