Re: [Full-disclosure] rPSA-2007-0011-1 wget

2007-01-25 Thread Ron DuFresne
eh? Afterall, if the site is malicious, better the app die and dump then allow one to prceed to inflict harm upon ones self? Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back." --B.B. King

Re: [Full-disclosure] IE7 Zero Day

2006-05-05 Thread Ron DuFresne
close4 to his vest. One might as well post it this way: someplace, somewhere is a pc with a vulnerable application, guess where it is and you can own it. Oh, but, pay me big bucks first so I can eat well for a day or two. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because yo

Re: [Full-disclosure] Shell accounts

2006-04-12 Thread Ron DuFresne
nger anonymous, and if you don't connect to the > shell, you can't use the shell > > Another issue to consider is that a mere user level shell likely lacks privs to do some of the nasties referenced in some of these posts. thus, the friend would not oonly have to allow shell

Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Full-Disclosure Digest, Vol 9, Issue 3

2005-11-07 Thread Ron DuFresne
s in daily use tend to depricate those with skills over a braoder spectrum at an earlier point of time, let alone that CISSP is the only real qualification for the claim. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause

Re: [Full-disclosure] Re: Full-Disclosure Digest, Vol 7, Issue 25

2005-09-13 Thread Ron DuFresne
w weeks ago it was shown that the real korn shell can play tcp and udp very sweetly and simply in scripts. I have not the working example at hand here to demo for folks, but, if needed can get it. I'm sure the man page and or the o'reilly's manula documents this. Thanks, Ron DuFresn

Re: [Full-disclosure] Automated mass abuse of form mailers

2005-09-12 Thread Ron DuFresne
heir designs, then it kinda devalues the current tools that nasty boys are using, does it not? If their tools reply upon poorly written code, then replacing it with far better code makes their efforts kinda nill, yes? Thanks, Ron DuFresne > Thanks.. > > On 9/12/05, Ron DuFresne <[

Re: [Full-disclosure] Automated mass abuse of form mailers

2005-09-12 Thread Ron DuFresne
sion of his and other web based scripts that can be gotten from: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml Unless one is carefull they often get what they paid for Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'ca

RE: [Full-disclosure] SSH Bruteforce blocking script

2005-09-06 Thread Ron DuFresne
ut and the whole set fo nearly bi monthly threads that covers it and it's variants in detail. Yet, where one can limit, limiting access to sshd these days is prefered, as openssl and the openssh code tend to be quite the problem with maintainance, almost like the 90's with ftpd and sendmai

Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Example firewall script

2005-09-01 Thread Ron DuFresne
http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/papers/a1-firewall/ Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > = > ORIGINAL MESSAGE: > ---

Re: [Full-disclosure] Problems with unsuscribing

2005-08-23 Thread Ron DuFresne
additional hint: the headers for e-mails can be as vauable as the source code of the application. Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Justin Allen wrote: > Well for one, it would help if you were unsubscribing to the correct list > > Suetterlin, Sven wrote: >

RE: [Full-disclosure] Zotob Worm Remover

2005-08-23 Thread Ron DuFresne
bucks, and will continue to line many pockets for a long time as folks play into the latest and greatest buzzword of the week/month/year, but when it comes to security, a little extrapolation of the basics is the real key to any small sense of secure. Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Todd

RE: [Full-disclosure] Zotob Worm Remover

2005-08-22 Thread Ron DuFresne
the fear of broken programs..perhaps it was the QA group..it doesn't > really matter. They go the worm because they were not patched. And because they didn't properly filter port 445 is my understanding. Unpatched systems behind FW's that fliter 445 were untouched. Thanks, Ron DuFr

Re: It's not that simple... [Was: Re: [Full-disclosure] Disney Down?]

2005-08-22 Thread Ron DuFresne
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to Ron DuFresne: > > > > Perhaps it does realte considering the above and considering that the unix > > > world learned many of the evils of RCP services over ten years ago that > > > seem to

Re: It's not that simple... [Was: Re: [Full-disclosure] Disney Down?]

2005-08-17 Thread Ron DuFresne
nsidering that the unix world learned many of the evils of RCP services over ten years ago that seem to hit the M$ realm every few months, repeatedly... Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back

Re: It's not that simple... [Was: Re: [Full-disclosure] Disney Down?]

2005-08-17 Thread Ron DuFresne
it. In fact their announcemnt came out this AM, from their multi-state vuln/sploit notification council... There is no excuse for doing below minimum and little excuse for scrapping along at minimum, with taxpayers footing the bill, but that's life in gov settings and more so perhaps in state

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cisco IOS Shellcode Presentation

2005-08-02 Thread Ron DuFresne
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, John Kinsella wrote: > Hate having to explain a joke, but... > perhaps it wasn't tainted eith enough irony or cynasim and sarcasim? Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause sh

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cisco IOS Shellcode Presentation

2005-07-31 Thread Ron DuFresne
s "freely" made recent choices were influenced, I think that is easy to read into the events as they have progressed, do you not also? > I ask you, how do you know it wasn't? > Thanks, Ron DuFresne > On 7/29/05, Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cisco IOS Shellcode Presentation

2005-07-29 Thread Ron DuFresne
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:38:26 CDT, Ron DuFresne said: > > > being that we'll all be retired and all this equipment replaced by the > > time IPv6 becomes standard the threat is not as great then as it was first > >

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cisco IOS Shellcode Presentation

2005-07-29 Thread Ron DuFresne
k from a specifically crafted IPv6 packet." being that we'll all be retired and all this equipment replaced by the time IPv6 becomes standard the threat is not as great then as it was first made out to be then, correct? Thanks, Ron DuFresne _

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cisco IOS Shellcode Presentation

2005-07-29 Thread Ron DuFresne
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, KF (lists) wrote: > Trying to Stifle information is a real dickhead thing to do also... > > I'm just waiting for someone to toss the DMCA into all of this. =] CERT and DHS are bigger cards in the game then DMCA. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometime

Re: [Full-disclosure] Cisco IOS Shellcode Presentation

2005-07-29 Thread Ron DuFresne
ites you in the arse. > Was it free will, or the threat of jail and other difficulties? Afterall, employment was not a show stopper for him, he quit to release his findings and gain glory in the crowds at hacker fests. so was it really free will I ask again? Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- &quo

Re: [Full-disclosure] Re: alert: the 111111 bug

2005-07-06 Thread Ron DuFresne
ar - is mine or yours in > error? > cal reports it as a Friday here also, damn, now I have to drive the 45 miles in for sure! Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back." --B.B. King

Re: [Full-disclosure] alert: the 111111 bug

2005-07-06 Thread Ron DuFresne
ne, though states tend to view weekends as merely an extension to the week and I'm likely going to have to be doing maintainance or working indirectly from home as usual Thanks, Ron DuFresne "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'ca

Re: [Full-disclosure] alert: the 111111 bug

2005-07-06 Thread Ron DuFresne
Of course, this is not a bug, but bad admin/dbadmin practise, for which there are no patches available. thanks, Ron DuFresne On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, lsi wrote: > platforms affected: all > distribution of threat: wide > severity of threat: potentially serious > leadtime: 6.3 ye

Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: End users as security devices

2005-06-13 Thread Ron DuFresne
nt, and NO, you can't put > handicap placards on computers used by those with IQs below 90, sorry. > if this was true, then educating would not be a full time thing making some companies tons of cash as they come into an org and do it over and over and over Thanks, Ron DuFresne --

Re: [Full-disclosure] FIXED CODE - IIS 6 Remote Buffer OverflowExploit(was broken)

2005-04-21 Thread Ron DuFresne
he type tp kick crutches out from under handicapped folks and the like. Do as the rest of us tend to and add em to yer procmail filters to dead end em, why even waste the time hitting delete? Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you g

RE: [Full-disclosure] Re: Case ID 51560370 - Notice of ClaimedInfringement

2005-04-07 Thread Ron DuFresne
x27;s illegal, > they need to test it. > Actually, at least in the US, there is a law that would make this illegal and subject one to prison time... Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back.&

RE: [Full-disclosure] windows linux final study

2005-03-29 Thread Ron DuFresne
ing methodology has any tendency to soundness? Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back." --B.B. King ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you&#x

RE: [Full-disclosure] Lameness

2005-03-24 Thread Ron DuFresne
ed mailing list for the discussion of security issues Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes you get'em 'cause she comes back." --B.B. King ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK,

Re: [Full-disclosure] Re: choice-point screw-up and secure hashes

2005-03-19 Thread Ron DuFresne
know which companies trade and buy personal data from your bank, insurance company, the utilities , your city and county, your ISP, ...? How many people new of let alone knew/know which comapnies choice-point obatined their data from? Quite often putting pressure on company C is not a strai

Re: [Full-disclosure] Re: choice-point screw-up and secure hashes

2005-03-19 Thread Ron DuFresne
s to drive these > companies to better security. > Let alone the fact that peopoe, individuals, tend to ahve very short term memories of such events, unless directly affected by the event. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometimes y

Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft GhostBuster Opinions

2005-03-18 Thread Ron DuFresne
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, dk wrote: > Ron DuFresne wrote: > > > If the kernel is modified, on a windows or *nix system, you are going to > > have a clear clue upfront; the system will have rebooted. Course, a > > That's a dangerous position to believe, at least with t

RE: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft GhostBuster Opinions

2005-03-18 Thread Ron DuFresne
ostly hypothetical as I'm unaware of rootkits that can accomplish that. The poster talking about alternate data streams on ntfs systems , that's a problem to get around still on those platforms. To the original reply and other poster, thanks for the links to alternate URL's for the o

Re: [Full-disclosure] Social Engineering: You Have Been A Victim

2005-03-17 Thread Ron DuFresne
are floating around. > > More: http://castlecops.com/article-5807-nested-0-0.html > > gov workers do even need to be bribed with chocolate; http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10708?ref=rss Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Someti

Re: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft GhostBuster Opinions

2005-03-17 Thread Ron DuFresne
modified, on a windows or *nix system, you are going to have a clear clue upfront; the system will have rebooted. Course, a failing system that reboots or blue screens every few weeks rather then runs stable unless there is a total power outage or a maint window when such things are done is another

Re: [Full-disclosure] Wi-fi. Approaching customers

2005-03-15 Thread Ron DuFresne
ms to be able to segment the wLAN into locations and determine a sense of perimiter limits and location sense. Of course, I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt and read that they actually sell what they are claiming in marketing lit. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes

Re: [Full-disclosure] Wi-fi. Approaching customers

2005-03-15 Thread Ron DuFresne
>From what little I read on their site, it seems to be a radius auth mech based upon MAC addresses. Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, KF (Lists) wrote: > hrmm... is that based on signal strength or something? > -KF > > Ryan Sumida wrote: > > > > As a

Re: [Full-disclosure] Wi-fi. Approaching customers

2005-03-15 Thread Ron DuFresne
the nice glossy marekting pamphlets and power point presentations that mgt loves. Course as a techie, I'd want to see the product working in a live setup prior to making a perhaps costly blunder. Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- "Sometimes you get the blues because your baby leaves you. Sometim

Re: [Full-disclosure] Administrivia: A new home for FD

2005-03-09 Thread Ron DuFresne
Nor to read the whole annoucement Administrivia about the change in hosting sites and how to change your passwd and how to fix you settings for the list. The reading impaired should just unsubscribe. Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I tend to agree