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Date:      Wed, 27 May 1998 19:54:31 +1000 (EST)
From:      Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
To:        spork@super-g.com (spork)
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, paul@mu.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: possible problem with portmap
Message-ID:  <199805270955.CAA19200@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980526113506.14759A-100000@super-g.inch.com> from "spork" at May 26, 98 11:36:50 am

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In some mail from spork, sie said:
> 
> Did anyone quite understand the "nfs-shell" thread on bugtraq?  It was
> discussed shortly after the portmap DoS thread.  From what I could gather
> you could get an interactive shell via nfs??

Yup.

That program was first written in 1991...there are at least two variations
on it.  It is very useful for doing things like ftp via NFS from an ftp
server that has world exports for read on which you don't have an account
and when you're not root.

Darren

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