Re: Fwd: Any user can panic OpenBSD machine

[deraadt () CVS OPENBSD ORG (Theo de Raadt)]

> > Black hats distribute information on how to crash systems?  I thought
> > they were concentrating on breaking root.
>
> Then you haven't been paying attention lately.  Let's see here...
> ping of death...NT BSOD exploits a-plenty...Exchange Server and IIS
> DoS attacks...Appex terminal server DoS....  I could go on for days.

But those are

        REMOTE ATTACKS.

Surely you can tell the difference between a remote attack and a local
attack.

Ob-BUGTRAQ-Posting:

If you are logged into an NT box, you can type CTRL-ALT-DEL and take
the system down.

> As much as I agree with you 99.9% of the time, I have to take issue
> with this one, Theo.  Perhaps it hit closer to home than some, but it's
> still an exploit.

No it isn't.