Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 12:23:40 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> To: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel/syslogd hack Message-ID: <99Jan7.122259est.40326@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> wrote: >If syslogd received a message without the credentials, it could log the >information that it was handed with an indication that the information >may not be trustworthy. Which immediately returns us to the original problem - which is that the current syslog protocol makes DOS attacks trivial. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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