Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:52:18 +0100 (BST) From: Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk> To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> Cc: Joao Paulo Campello <john@neoplanos.com.br>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hosts.deny/allow & ICMP Attacks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980817105144.8812W-100000@bofh.fast.net.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9808162101070.30290-100000@mercury.webnology.com>
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| > #1 | > | > Does anybody here know if there's any way to break hosts.deny/allow | > protection in BSD or even Linux Systems? | | Find an exploit in tcpd or otherwise gain root on the system in question. There's always IP spoofing (although you'd have to do it blind as the packets wouldn't be able to get back to you) - plus, it's hard to implement. Regards, Jay Tribick -- [| Network Administrator | FastNet International | http://fast.net.uk/ |] [| Finger netadmin@fastnet.co.uk for contact information |] [| T: +44 (0)1273 677633 F: +44 (0)1273 621631 e: netadmin@fast.net.uk |] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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