Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:38:16 +0000 From: John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com> To: Harti Brandt <harti@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ~/.hosts patch Message-ID: <20060621063816.GA32889@what-creek.com> In-Reply-To: <20060621082734.Q24109@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> References: <C41481BC-89F3-457E-9FD0-CB85CE7B93E7@eecs.cwru.edu> <4498D108.90907@rogers.com> <20060621053007.GA3320@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <4498DF20.8020803@rogers.com> <1150870137.78122.14.camel@spirit> <20060621082734.Q24109@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de>
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 08:31:36AM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote: > Wouldn't this enable the same kind of phishing attacks there are under > windows? As far as I remember there are attacks where the hosts file > (don't remember how its called under windows) is rewriten by a virus/java > script/whatever to contain a different IP address for a given hostname? > Suppose someone fakes the website of www.foobank.com, then manages to > insert www.foobank.com with the wrong IP address into ~/.hosts? Ugh. Now that is a scary thought. Please kill this patch ASAP. -- John Birrell
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