Re: ntpd stack evasion exploit

["George A. Theall" <theall () tifaware com>]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 12:29:35PM +1100, Sean Crawford wrote:

> And judging from the original email I would say the Federal Reserve Bank of
> Minneapolis may well be full of said vulnerabilities.
>
> Just the fact a bank employee is posting on a public list asking for help is
> insane, but this list!...WHOA
>
> If I read a post from someone at my bank asking such things I would be
> making my way to the nearest branch with a withdrawal form and a copy of the
> email for the manager.

It's worse than that, I'm afraid - the Federal Reserve Bank is the U.S. 
central bank and, as such, in charge of the country's banking system. 

At least the original poster didn't offer up any hostnames.

George
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