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Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994
From: alan () mid net (Alan Hannan)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 11:55:26 -0600 (CST)
Again, I echo Dave's remarks. If you think that any cracker with half a brain doesn't know how to exploit it, then you're quite silly.As someone who has recently been exposed to a hacker, I can say that hacker's *DO* have half a brain. Our logs show the hacker had sophisticated tools, but didn't know how to use them. This hacker doesn't even understand UNIX: Examples of hacker's commands: cat file | grep pattern more /dev/nit more /dev/pty Need I say more?
What you didn't say is more important. How many {h | cr}ackers have been through your system patching that you _didn't_ see? -- + alan () mid net Network Operations Center (402)/472-0242, Fax (402)/472-0240 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +============\\ "Those who are willing to give up some liberty for some + +MIDnet, Inc. \\______ security lose both and deserve neither." - B. Franklin +
Current thread:
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Bruce Barnett (Nov 27)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Alan Hannan (Nov 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Paul Howell (Nov 28)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Gene Spafford (Nov 28)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Karl Strickland (Nov 28)
- Full vs. Partial Dsiclosure Nathan Lawson (Nov 28)
- (fwd) In reply to comments about new policy (fwd) Paul 'Shag' Walmsley (Nov 28)
- Re: (fwd) In reply to comments about new policy (fwd) anthony baxter (Nov 28)
- Old vulnerability disclosure please? (fwd) Jeon Young-mi (Nov 29)
- Re: (fwd) In reply to comments about new policy (fwd) Pug (Nov 30)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Gene Spafford (Nov 28)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Robert M. Haas (Nov 29)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994 Casper Dik (Nov 29)