Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:59:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> To: Willow <willow@tds.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh/sshd questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811130457060.7818-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811122342520.5195-100000@zeus.tds.edu>
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> I just installed ssh/sshd from 2.2.7 ports, and seem to rememeber a > security announcement regarding it. Does anyone remember such an > announcement? > www.rootshell.com was hacked, they say the hacker used ssh to get in. its possible to cause a buffer overflow in ssh, but no code exists that will do it. my guess with the ssh thing is someone did: ssh -l root www.rootshell.com root@www.rootshell.com's password: <bingo> and had a good 'ol time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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