Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:13:16 +0800 From: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> To: default - Subscriptions <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: Silly crackers... NT is for kids... - DOH! Message-ID: <20010817151316.A10647@elephant.netrinsics.com> In-Reply-To: <OE661TZ14eBa1kg3Ams00006ad6@hotmail.com>; from default013subscriptions@hotmail.com on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:47:05AM -0500 References: <OE661TZ14eBa1kg3Ams00006ad6@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:47:05AM -0500, default - Subscriptions wrote: > As it turns out, I did a bit more research at http://www.eeye.com , and > found that this is the CODE RED worm! > Wow! This is one mean wormy, well... guess I can at least be relieved that > there aren't 5 billion crackers on my I.P. block :) Since you seem to be somewhat clue challenged, I thought it might be worthwhile to point out that a couple months ago a bug was discovered in the FreeBSD telnetd service that allows any random person on the Internet to walk in and get root access to your server. Just in case you have telnetd running and hadn't heard about this. There's a big notice at the top of http://www.freebsd.org to get you started. -Michael Robinson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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