Re: FW: [Full-Disclosure] Shadowcrew Grand Jury Indictment

2004-11-22 Thread I.R. van Dongen
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:30:18 - raza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zero tollerence. What will these doofuses think of next? I bet they start up a cult of personality around the nation's leader, including a new salute borrowed from the Romans. Godwin.

[Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Paul
While I gotta agree that experience is what counts, what (if any) specialist certs should a tertiary student, with a special interest in security, use to underpin their prac? P.S. If I'm too ignorant to warrant a civil answer, like being told to go to the movies, my apologies in advance so no

Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

2004-11-22 Thread Raoul Nakhmanson-Kulish
Hello, joe! Autoconfig script may enumerate hosts which don't require a proxy. Usually there are a very few intranet servers in corporate network. You should have prefixed there are very few... with one of two things 1. Relative to the internet... 2. In my experience... I said usually. What's a

Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

2004-11-22 Thread Vincent Archer
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:50:33AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux integration: Tools register themselves as optional add-ons to add new or extended functionality. If the tool isn't there, all that happens is the menu items *for that added function* end up greyed out or don't show up,

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Time Expiry Alogorithm??

2004-11-22 Thread Georgi Guninski
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 07:55:35PM +0100, Pavel Kankovsky wrote: Mathematically, this is a very remote possibility, as factoring primes is probably an NP problem, and P is probably not NP. Neither of these has been proven, however. According to my vague recollection of what I heard

[Full-Disclosure] Certificatrions

2004-11-22 Thread Paul
Thanks guys, and thanks for the welcome Benjamin. I figured CISSP would be what to aim for. Unfortunately Cisco cert is covered by the networking major at my college while I'm doing web-design/admin. I guess that means I'm in for plenty of reading beyond the course and plenty of prac pentesting

Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

2004-11-22 Thread Stefan Schatzl
devis wrote: Please run some unix or at least read about the unix permission system, and lets pray god this sheds some light in your mono cultured brains. Here are the relevant points: 1) Despite recent ameliorations of MS ( multi user finally, permissions ... ) and some effort at making the

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Time Expiry Alogorithm??

2004-11-22 Thread Vincent Archer
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:44:14AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example an email message maybe decrypted withing 48 hours of its delivery otherwise it become usless or cant be decrypted with the orignal key So now it's 3 weeks later, and I can't read the email... So I set the

RE: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Curt Purdy
Paul wrote: While I gotta agree that experience is what counts, what (if any) specialist certs should a tertiary student, with a special interest in security, use to underpin their prac? P.S. If I'm too ignorant to warrant a civil answer, like being told to go to the movies, my apologies

[Full-Disclosure] security hole in german Telekom T-Sinus 111

2004-11-22 Thread Mailinglist
Last time i tested some broadband products, i stopped @ the T-Sinus 111 a wireless broadband router, labeled by german Telekom. This device has an integrated DSL Modem and the security bug is that you can use the router as a modem every time. Create on your machine a dialupconnection using the

Re: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Scott Renna
I would agree with these statements as well. I'm carrying 2 GIACs(GCIA and GCIH) as well as CISSP. I feel that the CISSP is a very broad general overview of the concepts of security; however, there are far too many unqualified people attending boot camps and passing the examination. The

RE: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

2004-11-22 Thread Todd Towles
Very True, not to talk about all the apps that won't run correctly in Windows because of non-admin rights. Should we all have to give premissions to special reg keys just to have a app run as a non-admin? I mean come on...you give us a so called security feature (Run As) and then it is only

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Windows user privileges

2004-11-22 Thread Sandeep Singh Rawat
is that windowed applications do not get polled for refresh, so for example using an explorer instance in a runas will not update the file listing until you press F5 I have witnessed bad things come of this Are we able to run Explorer.exe using runas utility...

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread Bart . Lansing
Vord, Let's extend your logic a bit... Given your diatribe, one can easily make the following assertion and assume your full support: {It is clear that the internet...being composed of largely uncontrollable, independent nodes...may easily be subverted for uses that are counter to the greater

[Full-Disclosure] WeOnlyDo! COM Ftp DELUXE ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

2004-11-22 Thread Komrade
AUTHOR Komrade [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://unsecure.altervista.org DATE 22/11/2004 PRODUCT WodFtpDLX is an ActiveX component that supports encrypted and non-encrypted FTP access to the servers for transferring files. It can be used in various programs, scripts, web applications to connect to FTP

[Full-Disclosure] CoffeeCup FTP Clients Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

2004-11-22 Thread Komrade
AUTHOR Komrade [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://unsecure.altervista.org DATE 22/11/2004 PRODUCTS CoffeCup Direct FTP - FTP client for Windows. CoffeeCup Free FTP - free FTP client for Windows. AFFECTED VERSION Versions verified to be vulnerable: CoffeeCup Direct FTP 6.2.0.62 (latest version) CoffeeCup

[Full-Disclosure] Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?

2004-11-22 Thread mike lieman
Regarding the Voting Fiasco... Even *if* they are correct (which is at least debateable) the 130,000 vote discrepancy they argue for won't overcome Bush's lead of 380,000, so this is, at best, an academic exercise. It's a sad day when knowing what the vote WAS is considered an academic

RE: [Full-Disclosure] WiFi question

2004-11-22 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, November 22, 2004 02:26:35 AM +0100 Ake Nordin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This (the preamble especially) is what _should_ eliminate the motion sensors from the list. I'm out on this one (too lazy to do the math), but is the 802.11b air interface that resilient (does it really require

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread pingywon MCSE
Well this is one area I have dealt with too many times. For anyone who has spent anytime on the MS cert new groups you all know what im talking about. People who are already employed in IT with out any certs are the firsts ones to say how worthless they are and how everyone who has them just

[Full-Disclosure] Whining about wasting money

2004-11-22 Thread mike lieman
The recount in Ohio will cost the state $1.5 million. Each year, we throw a BILLION AND A HALF dollars down the toilet harassing GOOD AMERICANS at the airport for no good reason, except to make incompetent fools Feel Safer. I think a few million to KNOW if the Vote is Fair is worth it. -- Mike

Re: [Full-Disclosure] irc legaility

2004-11-22 Thread Mister Coffee
Simon Lorentsen wrote: Hi guys / gals, Had a conversation tonight, and have been reading the IRC threads and wondered if anyone could answer the following. In the following scenario; you are a business, is IRC logs of conversations and lists of hosts be help up in a court of law if a client

RES: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Jose Ribeiro Junior
Good morning friends.. Ok.. I agree about security certifications. But about networking certifications.. What you think about? I think is necessary one hard knowledgment in network to do security certifications. Jose Ribeiro Junior, CCIE #13841 Systems Engineer MICROCITY

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Scott Renna
I try to be considerate and leave our industry open to all, but bootcampers I have metsheeesh, you may as well just had over the keys to the castle. In many cases, they think they know what they are doing and weaken the security overall of the network. i deal with this daily with my

[Full-Disclosure] HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Yahoo AmericanGreetings.com

2004-11-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Monday, November 22, 2004 Thoroughly enjoying the usage of the various electronic greeting cards going way back when to the days of Blue Mountain, today when the need has arisen to make usage, horror has been replaced enjoyment by noticing an ever increasing dwindling of the free cards. To

[Full-Disclosure] Re: Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread Steve R
It's always the assumptive idiots who get it wrong. *big sigh* FYI Poof (says it all really) I *did not* get the quote from bash.org, nor do I use IRC/IM. I was sent it by a friend in an email quite a while ago... Therefore your sigh and your question were not needed muppet. --- Poof [EMAIL

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread n3td3v
Vord from the in-famous script kiddie channel #hackphreak!! omg, thats the biggest no credibility lamer channel ever. Its channels like #hackphreak which give IRC a bad name, the exact reason this thread started probably!! Vord, go back to #hackphreak kiddo.

Re: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Anders Langworthy
Scott Renna wrote: I would agree with these statements as well. I'm carrying 2 GIACs(GCIA and GCIH) as well as CISSP. I feel that the CISSP is a very broad general overview of the concepts of security; however, there are far too many unqualified people attending boot camps and passing the

Re: [Full-Disclosure] irc legaility

2004-11-22 Thread Ron
This is a good point -- you could find a list on securityfocus (www.securityfocus.com) called Forensics. That might be a better place to ask this question. I appreciate any help you can give. While there are some exceptionally knowledgeble IT folks on this list, this probably isn't the best

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread vord
bart the point was obviously wasted on you. firstly, that it would be appropriate to consider doing away with all of them [forms of communication] .. is by no means a logical conclusion to draw from my premise[s], nor did i ever express or imply such nonsense. however, i did state rather

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Windows user privileges

2004-11-22 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, November 22, 2004 07:56:14 PM +0530 Sandeep Singh Rawat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are we able to run Explorer.exe using runas utility... Of course. You can run any binary using runas. You may have to use absolute paths, but that's a minor inconvenience. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL

Re: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Scott Renna
I would say to start with lower level certs. I started my career with the CCNA/CCDA because I did not have enough experience yet to move on to CISSP. One option you have is the SSCP but that requires 2 years experience. And I didn't think you were questioning my knowledge at all, so no

Re: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Scott Renna
You know, i noticed that recently. I used to be at Symantec and several analysts had attended GIAC training and never completed the paper. It always bothered me because it's such an incredible waste of money. As soon as the paper length for GCIA was dropped to 25 pages, there was a

Re: [Full-Disclosure] security hole in german Telekom T-Sinus 111

2004-11-22 Thread Christian Fromme
Mailinglist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i stopped @ the T-Sinus 111 a wireless broadband router, labeled by german Telekom. This device has an integrated DSL Modem and the security bug is that you can use the router as a modem every time. Create on your machine a dialupconnection using the

RE: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Clement Dupuis
Good day Scott, I totally agree with you that the GIAC's certs are definitively very challenging. I have done a few myself and can only agree. There are only a few points that bother me with the SANS GIAC certification process. The first one is that the paper that must be written is done at

Re: [Full-Disclosure] irc legaility

2004-11-22 Thread Jim Geovedi
Mister Coffee wrote: Simon Lorentsen wrote: Hi guys / gals, Had a conversation tonight, and have been reading the IRC threads and wondered if anyone could answer the following. In the following scenario; you are a business, is IRC logs of conversations and lists of hosts be help up in a court

RE: [Full-Disclosure] University Researchers Challenge Bush Win In Florida

2004-11-22 Thread Cupps, James
And we watch the meme's collide. Dynamically adjusting their data architecture to counter the opposing meme. Meanwhile the core data remains uncompromised on both sides. Round and round we go. Nothing is learned by any involved? It is informative but is it a mind Virus? Is it destructive?

Re: [ok] [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:51:43 CST, Anders Langworthy said: The CISSP, otoh, supposedly requires 4 years of professional full-time security work (3 years with a college degree, or 2 years with a BS Masters in Info Security). Going to a boot camp wouldn't take care of this requirement.

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Clement Dupuis
One of the big problems is the marketing behind some of the certification and the way people interpret what they are. A certification like the CISSP is NOT an in depth certification. Let's face it, you need to have 3 years experience plus a degree in one or more of the 10 domains of expertise

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread n3td3v
--vord #hackphreak/undernet sucka Go back to the channel you came from. ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Scott Renna
Most recruiters don't even know what GIAC is. The ones that do are the ones I talk to. Clement Dupuis wrote: One of the big problems is the marketing behind some of the certification and the way people interpret what they are. A certification like the CISSP is NOT an in depth certification.

Re: [Full-Disclosure] University Researchers Challenge Bush Win InFlorida

2004-11-22 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:16:44 CST, Paul Schmehl said: Just because someone or some institution has a credible name does not mean that you accept what they say without even bothering to think about it. Their study just invigorates the conspiracy theorist element of society without

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Windows user privileges

2004-11-22 Thread rp
At 12:43 PM 11/22/2004, you wrote: Are we able to run Explorer.exe using runas utility... Of course. You can run any binary using runas. You may have to use absolute paths, but that's a minor inconvenience. Just to clear that up, depending which script/utility you are using to initiate the

Re: [Full-Disclosure] HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Yahoo AmericanGreetings.com

2004-11-22 Thread rp
At 02:02 PM 11/22/2004, you wrote: snipthis is not really the case if you know where to look. Also quite clearly, the $$$ signs blinded those creating the operation because with 30 seconds of time [and that would be Rolex time !], 10-14 variables and once constant can be changed to allow access,

Re: [Full-Disclosure] University Researchers Challenge Bush Win InFlorida

2004-11-22 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, November 22, 2004 02:52:57 PM -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just remember - if there *was* a conspiracy, this is exactly what the people who were covering it up would say... Hand me that tinfoil, will ya? :) I don't believe in conspiracies. They require large numbers of people to

Re: [Full-Disclosure] University Researchers Challenge Bush Win In Florida

2004-11-22 Thread bkfsec
Paul Schmehl wrote: I disagree. Until the research is credible and vetted, investigating is premature. Many people don't seem to understand, investigating supposed discrepancies in the vote costs millions of dollars. The recount in Ohio will cost the state $1.5 million. That's money that

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Ron DuFresne
[SNIP] A few letters behind your name will not get you those HIGH paying jobs that unscrupulous people often promise. Experience and a proven track record in the field will. Though experience and still a lack of those letters might eliminate one as a cadidate for those and even

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread pingywon MCSE
Agreed! It seems we all have different takes but are on the same side of the fence on this issue. By no means does a cert make the man. But at one point (at least in the MS world) that was the case ...all you needed to say was MCSE and cha ching. With that not being the case anymore recruiters

RE: [Full-Disclosure] WiFi question

2004-11-22 Thread Ron DuFresne
I'm still not convinced that, more than a few feet from a device, the interference would even be detectable. Though two devices within 10 feet both setup in the same room of another might well conflict with one another, and might be what the original poster on device contention was

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread bkfsec
vord wrote: and for the record, they would move to another resource is not a coherent argument against his position [his question, rather] concerning the elimination of a problem-child medium. perhaps the cost to society via the spread piracy and virii [more importantly the altter] isnt worth the

[Full-Disclosure] Broadcast client crash in Halo 1.05

2004-11-22 Thread Luigi Auriemma
### Luigi Auriemma Application: Halo: Combat Evolved http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/halo.aspx Versions: = 1.05 Platforms:Windows and MacOS Bug: crash Exploitation:

[Full-Disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 11.22.04: Sun Java Plugin Arbitrary Package Access Vulnerability

2004-11-22 Thread idlabs-advisories
Sun Java Plugin Arbitrary Package Access Vulnerability iDEFENSE Security Advisory 11.22.04 www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=158type=vulnerabilities November 22, 2004 I. BACKGROUND Java Plug-in technology, included as part of the Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (JRE),

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Time Expiry Alogorithm??

2004-11-22 Thread Florian Weimer
* Georgi Guninski: would prefer to keep my secrets encrypted with algorithm whose breaking requires *provable* average runtime x^4242 or even x^42 instead of *suspected runtime* 2^(x/4). It depends on the constant factors you omitted, including those in the lower-order terms. 8-) AES can be

[Full-Disclosure] Sun Java Plugin arbitrary package access vulnerability

2004-11-22 Thread Jouko Pynnonen
OVERVIEW Sun Microsystem's Java Plugin connects the Java technology to web browsers and allows the use of Java Applets. Java Plugin technology is available for numerous platforms and supports major web browsers. A vulnerability in Java Plugin allows an attacker to create an Applet

[Full-Disclosure] Advisory 15/2004: Cyrus IMAP Server multiple remote vulnerabilities

2004-11-22 Thread Stefan Esser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 e-matters GmbH www.e-matters.de -= Security Advisory =- Advisory: Cyrus IMAP Server multiple remote vulnerabilities Release Date: 2004/11/22 Last Modified:

Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

2004-11-22 Thread devis
True goal is making as much money and influence as possible. Please read my previous posts on this list regarding that matter. This is why, Firefox being independant from this OS that carries 60 of its code base as being legacy code for older system hardware and The Mozilla Suite (and Firefox)

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread vord
[flame response] firstly, n3td3v is only mad because i happened to ban him from #hackphreak ... which is incidentally the current home of former/current members of [where to begin?] rhino9, w00w00 ... and of course, people who're currently employed at CA/ISS/M$/FS/SIDC. the list goes on. are we

[Full-Disclosure] Fwd: Security Watch: Source Code Dealer Arrested

2004-11-22 Thread n3td3v
-- Forwarded message -- From: SecurityWatch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:07:13 -0500 Subject: Security Watch: Source Code Dealer Arrested To: Crew-x Security [EMAIL PROTECTED] November 22, 2004 Security Watch http://mcpmag.com/security/ http://ENTmag.com

Re: [Full-Disclosure] University Researchers Challenge Bush Win In Florida

2004-11-22 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, bkfsec wrote: Paul Schmehl wrote: I disagree. Until the research is credible and vetted, investigating is premature. Many people don't seem to understand, investigating supposed discrepancies in the vote costs millions of dollars. The recount in Ohio will cost

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around?

2004-11-22 Thread xtrecate
An internet zorro. Just what we need. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of n3td3v Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Why is IRC still around? Vord from the in-famous script kiddie

Re: [Full-Disclosure] HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Yahoo AmericanGreetings.com

2004-11-22 Thread Ill will
good its my birthday , send me something good On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:17:43 -0500, rp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:02 PM 11/22/2004, you wrote: snipthis is not really the case if you know where to look. Also quite clearly, the $$$ signs blinded those creating the operation because with 30

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Clement Dupuis
Good day Jericho, Remember that we are talking about someone who is NOT an IT person, someone who is NOT a security person. I see people who have lots of networking and system administration under their belt that spent a fair amount of time getting prepared. If you can pass in the condition

[Full-Disclosure] MDKSA-2004:137 - Updated libxpm4 packages fix libXpm vulnerabilities

2004-11-22 Thread Mandrake Linux Security Team
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ___ Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory ___ Package name: libxpm4 Advisory ID:

[Full-Disclosure] MDKSA-2004:138 - Updated XFree86 packages fix libXpm vulnerabilities

2004-11-22 Thread Mandrake Linux Security Team
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ___ Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory ___ Package name: XFree86 Advisory ID:

[Full-Disclosure] Certifications

2004-11-22 Thread Paul
My thanks to all who replied both on off-list. Your various points have been noted. Regards = one step at a time... Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.

Re: [Full-Disclosure] How secure is PHP ?

2004-11-22 Thread Ron DuFresne
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Stefan Esser wrote: Nice try Ron, while PHP indeed had lots of advisories in the past, your list is FUD. It's not *my* list, just happens to be the list I grabbed for context to this thread. The list was compliled over the years on security focus, I claim no ownership!