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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:24:52 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Paul Hart <hart@iserver.com>
Cc:        Chris <freebsd@hiway1.exit109.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: poink and freebsd 
Message-ID:  <19223.924546292@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:54:21 MDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.990419115152.253A-100000@anchovy.orem.iserver.com> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.990419115152.253A-100000@anchovy.orem.iserver.com>, Paul Hart writes:
>On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Chris wrote:
>
>> id rather not post the source to the list, since this is how exploits
>> get distributed, and bad things occur. 
>
>Well, so much for the full-disclosure so many of us value.  Is this the
>same "poink" that was recently posted to Bugtraq?

It sounds like, which means you have to be on same ethernet and what it
does is make it look like another machine is configured with same IP.

Not a big threat for most people.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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