Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 07:10:15 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: chris@calldei.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG, jamie@exodus.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit (fwd) Message-ID: <199905081410.HAA39550@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 May 1999 22:51:32 CDT." <19990503225131.I10291@holly.dyndns.org>
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In message <19990503225131.I10291@holly.dyndns.org>, Chris Costello
writes:
> On Mon, May 3, 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > > I have to say that Jamie really let us down by not running a raw
> > > tcpdump alongside the second targetted machine here. Any chance of
> > > provoking these people into "demonstrating" the exploit on a machine,
> > > while another connected to the same wire is running
> >
> > I'd say he or whomever first reported this to bugtraq let us down even
> > more by releasing an "advisory" in such an unknown and unverifyable
> > state. By doing so, all they've done is hand ammunition to the FUD
> > corps and given us no reasonable chance to respond since the advisory
>
> I get the impression that that was the whole point of the
> bugtraq post, to give us more grief.
How do we know that it's even true? For all we know it could just be
lie to stir the pot.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
Province of BC
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