Re: [lists] [Full-Disclosure] Terminal Server vulnerabilities

2005-01-26 Thread Jonathan Rickman
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:38:30 -0600, Curt Purdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with terminal server is not any vulnerablities that can be > exploited, but the fact that administrator can be bruteforced (6 attempts > followed by reconnect) and that it is screaming its existence on port 388

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

2004-09-21 Thread Jonathan Rickman
> Saying that no teenager can be reformed is like saying you > can't change your mind about what to eat for dinner. I have > over 13 convictions and have been in prison as well as spent > more than my fair share of time in county jails. > However, that has been 10 years now and I am integrated

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm hires the author of Sasser worm

2004-09-20 Thread Jonathan Rickman
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Nick Jacobsen > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Scandal: IT Security firm > hires the author of Sasser worm > > Does it not str

RE: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2

2004-08-17 Thread Jonathan Rickman
> How will those investments help? Oh, I know they put in some > money to Apple once, but that was because if Apple went, > there was no question of M$ being a monopoly. OTOH I don't > remember M$ investing in Linux. Nor do I remember M$ > investing in any other office suite. Sure, they invest

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Flaws security feature of SP2

2004-08-16 Thread Jonathan Rickman
> Exploiting this issue requires the ability to overwrite > existing files wich have a trusted or non-existant ZoneID. > Right now there is no known way to achieve this in an attack > mounted from the Internet. Ok. So if I have the ability to do that, isn't it safe to say that I already contro

RE: [Full-Disclosure] lame bitching about xpsp2

2004-08-13 Thread Jonathan Rickman
  >The problem with M$'s patches/updates/fixes/sp's is that they assume they know better >than you what the settings should be, and without asking they override any current >settings.   No it doesn't. It mirrored the ICF firewall settings I already had in place on every machine I put it on

RE: [Full-Disclosure] RE: M$ - so what should they do?

2004-06-22 Thread Jonathan Rickman
> Finally and once more. These are tools. There should be no > sides here. This isn't a religion. It seems many IT people > have given up deity religions but seem to need to believe in > something in an insane fanatical way so they pick an OS. That > is still a little on the kookoo side in m

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Symantec wants to criminalize security info sharing

2003-09-11 Thread Jonathan Rickman
ly put my money on Symantec. I don't have anything against them particularly, but I think they are very close to the edge, as this quote indicates. - -- Jonathan Rickman Key ID: 0DF501FF -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBP2CWVjTwrX0N9QH/AQFJKQgAr4yad0

Re: [Full-Disclosure] EULA

2003-09-08 Thread Jonathan Rickman
dows > is he violating my rights No. > and should all the lawyers be disbarred ? No > is this a security issue ? No. Weak troll if you ask me. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQ

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: [Dshield] new msblaster on the loose?

2003-08-18 Thread Jonathan Rickman
the author to take note of such fundamental flaws in his or her logic suggests that they have no business doing anything, much less volunteering to correct the world's problems. Of course, this could be a deliberate cover-up...but somehow I think it's just another security cowboy tryi

[Full-Disclosure] Loss of windowsupdate.com breaks SUS?

2003-08-15 Thread Jonathan Rickman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I've seen several reports that suggest that SUS is pointed to windowsupdate.com and is now broken due to the missing DNS entries. I don't have it installed anywhere to play with it. Can anyone confirm? - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Sec

Re: [Full-Disclosure] msblast is starting now

2003-08-15 Thread Jonathan Rickman
On Friday 15 August 2003 07:03, B3r3n wrote: > msblast start now on far eastern countries. We have a site in Auckland > and so I'll know soon if our DNS to localhost protection is valuable. It is irrelevant now. MS has removed the DNS entries for windowsupdate.com. -- Jonathan Rick

Re: [Full-Disclosure] ISS Security Brief: "MS Blast" MSRPC DCOM Worm Propagation (fwd)

2003-08-14 Thread Jonathan Rickman
nd networks. How could they not know? - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBPzj1ZTTwrX0N9QH/AQEG3ggAuk5/AMwKGfHIc9ZOY0c0p19KT+9K9gXQ KRSCA5+bK5XQCdzdA++gmHobbQayi90/IwK9BdmyFl9qRISGSUEBnZa/wjpNJt/3 Nf

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Patching networks redux (fwd)

2003-07-31 Thread Jonathan Rickman
his employer? It's pretty damn easy to sit behind a curtain of anonymity and take cheap shots, but it also gives you zero credibility. > > Think about it. You first. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

Re: [Full-Disclosure] OT but related.

2003-07-29 Thread Jonathan Rickman
ion and good wholesome entertainment to boot. I subscribe to both, and will probably continue to do so. But, if I had to drop one...Bugtraq would be gone. -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Global HIGH Security Risk

2003-02-04 Thread Jonathan Rickman
ases to exist. You could argue the point until you're blue in the face, but it's tough to prove either side. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUBPj/M3zTwrX0N9QH/AQGh+wgA0l9viuLPEerfrAcQKci2kmrfai2sJP7W 7B

Re: [Full-Disclosure] re: Global HIGH Security Risk

2003-02-04 Thread Jonathan Rickman
e binded daemon port only" Are you saying that it's set up the way I described in the paragraph above? Once again, I'm not being critical...just trying to get through the language barrier. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorp

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Global HIGH Security Risk

2003-02-03 Thread Jonathan Rickman
't post it. Honestly, and I'm not trying to insult you, this is probably something you should keep to yourself. The odds of you making an ass out of yourself seem pretty good at this point. Anything's possible, but what you're describing sounds far fetched to me. But hey,

Re: [Full-Disclosure] The worm author finally revealed!

2003-01-31 Thread Jonathan Rickman
7;m an idealist, but good software trumps a good firewall ruleset 8 days a week. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUBPjtU7DTwrX0N9QH/AQFYsAf/VnEizkSvx9XefNQ8p2h2n8/9doyOtNGn dHssyUZaouc4uGphN/Ap4m0wYuRsXJns

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: what's to come chapter 1.

2002-09-18 Thread Jonathan Rickman
please accept my heartfelt thanks for contributing to the noise, further reducing the ratio. Everyone else, If you decide to unsubscribe, do us all a big favor and just STFU and do it. Don't talk about it. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://www.xcorps.net -BEGIN PG

Re: [Full-Disclosure] openssl exploit code

2002-09-17 Thread Jonathan Rickman
), because we'll probably have to look elsewhere for information regarding Symantec products...at the very least. Of course, I don't know that they are actually taking this stance, but I can't say I'd blame them for taking it if they did. - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security ht

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Off Topic

2002-09-11 Thread Jonathan Rickman
marked Off Topic in the subject line. Just hit delete if you don't want to read it. > I don't want to believe that this list is starting to get spammed by > off-topic poetry posts. It's already second one! Second one in how long? - -- Jonathan Rickman X Corps Security http://