Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:12:43 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: probably remote exploit Message-ID: <3B5882AB.AF5EC096@iowna.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107201151110.17247-100000@snafu.adept.org>
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Mike Hoskins wrote: > I'd be curious to know if a quick search for "..." and other attempts at > hiding directories turned up anything. Honeypots I've played with show an > affinity to "..." for hiding cracker tools. Not too sure why, it's easily > visible. Easily visable for you. Most people I know ( ~ 60% ) would never catch such a trivial hiding technique. And I'm talking about educated computer folk. They just get in a hurry and don't notice things like that. Of course, if they suspect an exploit, they'll catch such directories quickly, but not most of the time. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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