Re: OpenID/Debian PRNG/DNS Cache poisoning advisory

2008-08-08 Thread Peter Gutmann
Eric Rescorla [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's easy to compute all the public keys that will be generated by the broken PRNG. The clients could embed that list and refuse to accept any certificate containing one of them. So, this is distinct from CRLs in that it doesn't require knowing which

RE: Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API

2007-09-18 Thread Peter Gutmann
Roger A. Grimes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sorry, we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't see the new attack vector here. I, the attacker, have to make you download my malicious trojan program, which you install on your computer. It's not so much the attack vector, it's the usability issue.

RE: Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API

2007-09-17 Thread Peter Gutmann
(The original article was cross-posted to a lot of lists, maybe the discussion could be moved to vuln-dev only, unless everyone wants to see all of this stuff). Roger A. Grimes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, this is a new attack vector, but it is always game over anyway if I can get you to run

Re: Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API

2007-09-17 Thread Peter Gutmann
Thierry Zoller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PG No, this is an entirely new level of attack, New level of attack, what makes you believe that? Because previously you had to spam users and convince them to go to some random web site and download who knows what (or follow a link in the spam, or

Re: Verisign certificates problem

2001-03-25 Thread Peter Gutmann
Elias Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually checking most of the CA certificates shipped with IE less than half have a CPD field. Of the big CA only Entrust seems to use the field. That's not surprising, they invented and, I believe, patented the thing. Peter.

Re: Verisign certificates problem

2001-03-25 Thread Peter Gutmann
"Sinclair, Roy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some information regarding Verisign Certificates that has come out of this fiasco is quite disturbing but has been under reported and may have been missed by many in the security business. Pay close attention to this paragraph from the Frequently Asked

Re: Disk (over)quota in Windows 2000

2000-02-29 Thread Peter Gutmann
Dave Tarbatt - ACS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been looking into disk quotas under Windows 2000 and have uncovered a few anomalies. On top of a few peculiarities there appears to be a bug which allows a user to exceed their disk quota by as much as they wish. [...] I discovered by