Re: [Full-Disclosure] "Advances in Security" in the Linux Kernel and RedHat idiocy

2005-01-27 Thread Michal Zalewski
- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2005-01-27 20:31 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Cha

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Heap overflow in Mozilla Browser <= 1.7.3 NNTP code.

2005-01-06 Thread Michal Zalewski
hat regard. IIRC, we did not see advisories or vendor fixes for mangleme flaws in Konqueror / Safari, [e]links, lynx, elvis, w3m and other browsers... the difference is, Mozilla/Firefox is becoming a mainstream tool. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://

Re: [Full-Disclosure] /bin/rm file access vulnerability

2004-12-30 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Lennart Hansen wrote: > $ ls -l /home/xenzeo/file > ls: file: No such file or directory This is an obvious fake. Were the log real, the last line should read: ls: /home/xenzeo/file: No such file or directory The world is saved. -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ _

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Remote Mercury32 Imap exploit

2004-11-30 Thread Michal Zalewski
iewpoint is truly superior. But, if on a full-disclosure list, one chooses to pass as a de facto moral standard a practice specifically favorable for and favored by companies that would be best off marginalizing security disclosure and associated publicity - we have a problem. -- ---

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Moox firefox/thunderbird builds. Anyone looked at these yet?

2004-11-11 Thread Michal Zalewski
s before being spotted. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-11-11 16:12 -- http://lcamtuf.coredum

Re: [Full-Disclosure] New MyDoom exploiting IFRAME

2004-11-09 Thread Michal Zalewski
give vendors up to or over six months to fix a problem? Doubtly so, because a frail balance is easily destroyed by an accident such as this one - where no malicious intent came into play, really. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.c

Re: [Full-Disclosure] MSIE src&name property disclosure

2004-11-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
did not check with them. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-11-08 21:35 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/

Re: [Full-Disclosure] MSIE src&name property disclosure

2004-11-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
s much as I am not a rabid Microsoft hater, this pissed me off more than a bit. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-11-08 15:09 -- http://lca

Re: [Full-Disclosure] DoS in Apache 2.0.52 ?

2004-11-01 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Chintan Trivedi wrote: > GET / HTTP/1.0\n > [space] x 8000\n > [space] x 8000\n > [space] x 8000\n > . > . > 8000 times > I created 25 threads (connections) and send the above request to one > webserver. This is circa 1.5 GB of data (61 MB per connection), at which point you

[Full-Disclosure] Update: Web browsers - a mini-farce (MSIE gives in)

2004-10-22 Thread Michal Zalewski
download http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/soft/mangleme.tgz for version 1.2. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-10-23 00:11 -- http://lcamtuf.coredum

[Full-Disclosure] Re: Web browsers - a mini-farce

2004-10-20 Thread Michal Zalewski
lar, making it practical to write malware that targets it; it is rather pointless to "phish" using a lynx address obfuscation vulnerability ;-) Third, I generally do not use Windows. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx]

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Web browsers - a mini-farce

2004-10-20 Thread Michal Zalewski
e browsers; I did not say this, and I do not have any agenda to push. It's really disappointing to get so much hate mail when objective results suggest one thing, and be well received when they point the other way (at Microsoft, Sendmail, etc). -- --------- bash

[Full-Disclosure] Web browsers - a mini-farce

2004-10-18 Thread Michal Zalewski
eating ;) Thanks, -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-10-18 12:35 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/

Re: [SPAM] [Full-Disclosure] Your daily internet traffic report

2004-10-17 Thread Michal Zalewski
ure reliability, rather than some added performance. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-10-17 13:29 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Windoze almost managed to 200x repeat 9/11

2004-09-24 Thread Michal Zalewski
ersion, though of course it's not a good idea to trust the press on technical issues. Until we know more, getting into an off-topic, groundless flamewar is not needed. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you k

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Windoze almost managed to 200x repeat 9/11

2004-09-24 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, ASB wrote: > "The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to > prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times." > > How you managed to read "OS failure" into this is rather astounding... The statement above, even though either cleverly disg

[Full-Disclosure] Tool announcement: fakebust

2004-09-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
Good morning, I am proud to announce the availability of fakebust 0.1 beta. Fakebust is a simple, open-source, user-friendly, intuitive and very rapid malicious code analyzer that can partly replace and in certain aspects outperform an expensive, strictly controlled sandbox setup. The tool can be

[Full-Disclosure] Debian netkit telnetd vulnerability

2004-09-18 Thread Michal Zalewski
Exposure: Remote root compromise through buffer handling flaws Confirmed vulnerable: Up-to-date Debian 3.0 woody (issue is Debian-specific) Debian netkit-telnet-ssl-0.17.24+0.1 package Debian netkit-telnet-ssl-0.17.17+0.1 package Mitigating factors: Telnet service must be running an

[Full-Disclosure] Re: SecurityLab report: The Top 10 Most Critical Vulnerabilities in June 2004

2004-07-01 Thread Michal Zalewski
----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-07-01 20:57 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosur

[Full-Disclosure] PestPatrol (was: !! Internet Explorer !!)

2004-06-12 Thread Michal Zalewski
ily the product is bogus, but it does not look too professional either... But then maybe it's better when it comes to detecting spyware. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --

Re: [Full-Disclosure] weather.com contact

2004-06-05 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone know anyone at weather.com? No, but I must share that I am perhaps for the first time on this list truly scared of what you might have discovered. A weather control exploit? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: --

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Bypassing "smart" IDSes with misdirected frames? (long and boring)

2004-05-28 Thread Michal Zalewski
difference that makes the attack IMO a bit more of a concern in a typical setup, which is still not to say I will lose sleep over it. Cheers, -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? -

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Bypassing "smart" IDSes with misdirected frames? (long and boring)

2004-05-28 Thread Michal Zalewski
munications (even the problem of distinguishing between message body and message headers can be an example). Cheers, -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors?

[Full-Disclosure] Re: Bypassing "smart" IDSes with misdirected frames?

2004-05-27 Thread Michal Zalewski
IDS setup (span port or bridge mode). > A packet which is not accepted by the recipient will not elicit an ACK > frame. One that is does not have to do this, either. Window size, etc. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] D

[Full-Disclosure] Bypassing "smart" IDSes with misdirected frames? (long and boring)

2004-05-27 Thread Michal Zalewski
pecific products and their vulnerability. It is obvious you may configure some networks to mitigate such attacks, deploy third-party solutions to detect them, or accept some false positives in certain environments. Thanks, -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Learn from history?

2004-05-10 Thread Michal Zalewski
;s usually nothing wrong with the underlying term itself, but at some point, it is safer not to use it unless absolutely necessary, or truly justified ;-) In this particular context, I suppose we were better off without defining and quantifying risk ;-) -- - bash$ :(){ :|:

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Learn from history?

2004-05-10 Thread Michal Zalewski
stranger. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-05-10 16:47 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Core Internet Vulnerable - News at 11:00

2004-04-20 Thread Michal Zalewski
good to see some kludges intended to mitigate it a bit. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-04-20 21:05 --

[Full-Disclosure] Re: Any thoughts on War-Googling? (long and inflammatory)

2004-04-18 Thread Michal Zalewski
. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-04-18 19:30 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Dis

Re: [Full-Disclosure] OT microsoft "feature"

2004-04-16 Thread Michal Zalewski
zement on this list. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-04-16 17:17 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/

Re: [Full-Disclosure] erase with magnet

2004-04-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Michael Cecil wrote: > There are? Show us one. >> http://www.periphman.com/degaussing/degaussers/v92.shtml > This is for tapes. Good... now actually read the page. It supports various types of storage, including tapes and hard disks. V92 DIGI TAPE MASTER DEGAUSSER HARD

[Full-Disclosure] Re: Automated metadata recovery for document collections (tool release)

2004-04-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Michal Zalewski wrote: > http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/soft/therev.tgz Just by the way, for those of you who are more paranoid than They want you to be, running it against *.gov looking for phrases such as cyber-terrorism or homeland security yields some neat stuff ;-)

Re: [Full-Disclosure] erase with magnet

2004-04-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
ket, some of them certified and used by fairly reputable organizations: http://www.periphman.com/degaussing/degaussers/v92.shtml -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? -

[Full-Disclosure] Automated metadata recovery for document collections (tool release)

2004-04-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
Hi, After my short write-up on results of automated change tracking data recovery for Microsoft Word documents found at microsoft.com [1], I've received a couple of inquiries from pen-testers who asked me about the tool I used to find the data, and stated that something like this would be a good a

[Full-Disclosure] Microsoft's own DOCs

2004-03-27 Thread Michal Zalewski
I've put up a quick and fairly entertaining (or so I hope) analysis of some of the artifacts of "change tracking" mechanism you can find in Microsoft's own .DOC publications. http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/strikeout/ Just to serve as a warning - anyone willing to code an automated change tracking

[Full-Disclosure] Re: The witty worm

2004-03-20 Thread Michal Zalewski
- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-03-21 00:37 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Cha

Re: [Full-Disclosure] LOL, stupid calife maintainer - this can't be true

2004-02-28 Thread Michal Zalewski
Unlike many other systems, however, Linux in fact DOES NOT obey this limit, and returns more. Technically speaking, this is a specification (standards compliance?) problem in Linux - although this guy most definitely could be more careful. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};:

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Silent Fixes (was GAYER THAN AIDS ADVISORY #01: IE 5 remote code execution)

2004-02-18 Thread Michal Zalewski
ced vulnerabilities in them. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-02-18 22:43 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___

Re: [Full-Disclosure] ASN.1 telephony critical infrastructure warning - VOIP

2004-02-17 Thread Michal Zalewski
opposite. An aggressive worm may quite efficiently bring down large parts of critical infrastructure by simply overloading systems and networks. But then, it would be no different from Nachi and whatnot, and there's nothing about ASN.1 to it. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Removing FIred admins

2004-02-13 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Steve Wray wrote: > Actually, isn't that what DRM is all about? No, not in the real world. Here's a good hint: hire reasonable people, treat them well. To help them help you, establish access policies, keep admins accountable, and track access rights. Require more than one p

[Full-Disclosure] Re: a method for bypassing cookie restrictions in web browsers

2004-01-21 Thread Michal Zalewski
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/03/msg00365.html Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-01-20 01:57 -- http://lcamtuf.coredum

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Anti-MS drivel

2004-01-20 Thread Michal Zalewski
close this type of stuff, as only a couple of folks are going to realize what you are talking about to start with. Just my $.02. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

2004-01-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
d, if some environment flag is set; and so on. I would not be shocked if some linker decides to do it at some point. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? -

[Full-Disclosure] Re: a method for bypassing cookie restrictions in web browsers

2004-01-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2000/03/msg00365.html Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-01-20 01:57 -- http://lcamtuf.coredum

[Full-Disclosure] a method for bypassing cookie restrictions in web browsers

2004-01-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
ate the risk (I wouldn't jump the gun and claim it renders the technique entirely useless, though), but then it is possible to bypass many proxies by using https web bugs. Any thoughts? Is the technique something new? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [ht

[Full-Disclosure] a method for bypassing cookie restrictions in web browsers

2004-01-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
ate the risk (I wouldn't jump the gun and claim it renders the technique entirely useless, though), but then it is possible to bypass many proxies by using https web bugs. Any thoughts? Is the technique something new? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [ht

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: January 15 is Personal Firewall Day, help the cause

2004-01-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
xec partitions? hope not). -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2004-01-19 19:58 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Fedora/RedHat ConsoleHelper Privileged Access Preserved

2004-01-10 Thread Michal Zalewski
instant root exploits: http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2003/07/msg00014.html This was largely ignored by the maintainers, as far as I can tell. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know tha

Re: [Full-Disclosure] gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11

2004-01-09 Thread Michal Zalewski
); 2.x releases, OTOH, are plagued by many different compile-time crash vectors, or constructions that lead to invalid code - this one is not an exception... -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never u

Re: [Full-Disclosure] A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-15 Thread Michal Zalewski
thing you suggested is going to be implemented for BorderWare, and a functionality present for long years on systems like Linux).. Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones neve

[Full-Disclosure] Breaking the checksum (a new TCP/IP blind data injection technique)

2003-12-14 Thread Michal Zalewski
no DF-ignoring devices en route (and no proxies that do not use PMTUD). -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-12-14 15:01 -- http://lcamtuf.co

Re: [Full-Disclosure] A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-14 Thread Michal Zalewski
- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-12-14 10:24 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Cha

Re: [Full-Disclosure] A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-13 Thread Michal Zalewski
You need to send a fragment (not an entire packet), and to exploit the vulnerability, it is perfectly fine for the packet to be reassembled by the recipient's firewall - it does not have to go through as-is. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://l

[Full-Disclosure] Re: A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-12 Thread Michal Zalewski
bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-12-12 18:18 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.

[Full-Disclosure] Re: A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-11 Thread Michal Zalewski
ms with this feature. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ [*] Let's just say I do not have time to poke random so

Re: [Full-Disclosure] A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-11 Thread Michal Zalewski
a threat one should lose sleep over, either, but the fact is, it makes session data injection considerably easier than with ISN guessing. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? -

[Full-Disclosure] A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

2003-12-10 Thread Michal Zalewski
her tricks that used fragmentation to fool IDSes and so on - mandatory defragmentation of incoming traffic on perimeter devices will not solve the problem. Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that

Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability

2003-12-09 Thread Michal Zalewski
n a href tag, as opposed to using JavaScript or alikes? -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-12-09 22:38 -- http://lc

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Partial Solution to SUID Problems

2003-12-07 Thread Michal Zalewski
ur root password... and this is sort of bogus. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-12-07 01:56 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ _

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Partial Solution to SUID Problems

2003-12-06 Thread Michal Zalewski
mplemented by default with no particular impact on the base functionality. It is just that people and vendors do not feel like doing it, with very few exceptions. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones nev

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Partial Solution to SUID Problems

2003-12-06 Thread Michal Zalewski
gh) - and is also more risky, I imagine. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-12-06 18:27 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: hard links on Linux create local DoS vulnerability and security problems

2003-11-26 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Jeremiah Cornelius wrote: > And a mandatory system profile in /etc , which aliases ln as 'ln -s' > might help. One for each valid shell. You must be kidding, surely? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.

Re: [Full-Disclosure] hard links on Linux create local DoS vulnerability and security problems

2003-11-24 Thread Michal Zalewski
otely secure against local attacks targeting other unprivileged users - and even then, it is usually possible to DoS the system or other users or cause other inconvenience and security exposure. As such, I doubt this will get noticed and patched. Cheers, -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Sidewinder G2

2003-11-19 Thread Michal Zalewski
ething I would recommend for running on a on-firewall gateway... stripped down or not. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-11-19 09:09 --

RE: [inbox] [Full-Disclosure] Is bugtraq even worth it anymore?

2003-10-27 Thread Michal Zalewski
get their grubby little fingers on something good > and run it into the ground. Well, getting your posts bounced back does not sound like a corporate conspiracy ;-) -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that

Re: [Full-Disclosure] My new PGP key

2003-10-25 Thread Michal Zalewski
bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-10-25 21:25 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.

RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: Linux (in)security

2003-10-23 Thread Michal Zalewski
curity (you think IBM > recommended Linux without going over every single line of code?) Yes. That said, from now on, we are on a crash course to a pointless flame war, I'm going to shut up now. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.c

RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: Linux (in)security

2003-10-22 Thread Michal Zalewski
king it worse. It's just a matter of how easy it is to properly configure and secure your system (far beyond downloading most recent patches), and how much control _and_ supervision you're given over this process. Popular Linux releases do not score remarkably higher than other well-known OSes

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: No Subject

2003-10-21 Thread Michal Zalewski
y to look at it in more detail. I sincerely doubt there is an exploit making rounds, but damnit, do patch your systems - you do not even have to reboot. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use m

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: No Subject

2003-10-21 Thread Michal Zalewski
If it is exploitable and there is an exploit, the public will sooner or later find out, don't force it if there is no good reason... -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: No Subject

2003-10-21 Thread Michal Zalewski
t which point, you are home. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-10-21 09:14 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___

Re: [Full-Disclosure] [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

2003-10-09 Thread Michal Zalewski
of RAM for $" are flawed - yes, you can, and then you still can store some extra on the network. I think the thread long deserves to die, though - we're essentially reiterating two opposite views: some people do see some potential for this approach, others don't. -- -

[Full-Disclosure] Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

2003-10-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
ll means - you are free to judge it and to disagree; I would simply prefer if you could give it a chance. Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-1

[Full-Disclosure] Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

2003-10-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
ll means - you are free to judge it and to disagree; I would simply prefer if you could give it a chance. Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-1

[Full-Disclosure] Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

2003-10-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
s... and still has nothing to do with the fact that (limited) deniability, assured destruction on disconnect storage media may have some interesting privacy implications, and this is what we try to point out in the paper. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [ht

Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

2003-10-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
Cheers, -- --------- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-10-08 19:49 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Ful

[Full-Disclosure] Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

2003-10-08 Thread Michal Zalewski
this, reading the paper is usually a good idea before ridiculing it... Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-10-08 20:11 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Pudent default security - Was: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Monopoly

2003-09-30 Thread Michal Zalewski
duct that has the same functionality and a nice GUI. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-09-30 10:59 --

[Full-Disclosure] Re: Pudent default security - Was: CyberInsecurity: The cost of Monopoly

2003-09-29 Thread Michal Zalewski
rmined enough to remove firewalling on their box, but to protect the clueless and their data. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-09-29 09:47 --

Re: [Full-Disclosure] CyberInsecurity: The cost of Monopoly

2003-09-28 Thread Michal Zalewski
e extensive access control mechanisms that go beyond archaic root-and-user separation. The problems with deploying this usually originate from beyond the technology space, once again. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you kn

Re: [Full-Disclosure] CyberInsecurity: The cost of Monopoly

2003-09-28 Thread Michal Zalewski
ridiculously expensive "firewall switches" that are IP-aware and enable per-port separation and firewalling... The technology is there. It takes some effort to use it and do it correctly, of course. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtu

Re: [Full-Disclosure] My response to both the analysis of CIPE by Gutmann, Slashdot and the response by the CIPE list

2003-09-25 Thread Michal Zalewski
ackets? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-09-25 12:07 -- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/photo/current/ ___ Full-Disclosure - We

Re: [Full-Disclosure] VeriSign's fake SMTP server for SiteFinder

2003-09-22 Thread Michal Zalewski
ore being bounced. Admittably, they can also use it to gather information about senders and recipients... but that's old news. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? -

Re: [Full-Disclosure] OpenSSH - is X-Force really behind this?

2003-09-22 Thread Michal Zalewski
are the vendors really naughty? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-09-22 20:08 -- ___ Full-Disclosur

[Full-Disclosure] OpenSSH - is X-Force really behind this?

2003-09-22 Thread Michal Zalewski
le to exploit on anything but some lesser systems (and even then, only a DoS). I can be wrong, of course, and there might be something wrong with the rest of the world. Any thoughts? -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did

[Full-Disclosure] Windows URG mystery solved!

2003-09-17 Thread Michal Zalewski
will also be triggered by background downloads, etc. I do not want to exaggerate the impact of this vulnerability, the amount of data disclosed is fairly low, but it's still quite cool. Cheers, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.co

[Full-Disclosure] Sendmail 8.12.9 prescan bug (a new one) [CAN-2003-0694]

2003-09-17 Thread Michal Zalewski
return NULL; } -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-09-16 21:18 --

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: [tool] the new p0f 2.0.1 is now out

2003-09-05 Thread Michal Zalewski
e of. So there is no big deal, but the tool is an advance in this field, I believe, and is the only seriously maintained and extended implementation in the open-source area (and probably in the closed-source world, too)... live with it ;-) -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: [tool] the new p0f 2.0.1 is now out

2003-09-04 Thread Michal Zalewski
way, though, send a really weird TCP/IP SYN packet with odd options and flags, and wait... if the curious user nmaps you back... ;-) -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? -

RE: [Full-Disclosure] Re: [tool] the new p0f 2.0.1 is now out

2003-09-04 Thread Michal Zalewski
ult to promisc mode anymore (for performance reasons and so on). -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-09-04 22:01 -- __

[Full-Disclosure] [tool] the new p0f 2.0.1 is now out

2003-09-04 Thread Michal Zalewski
I am proud to announce the new stable version of p0f, 2.0.1, a complete rewrite of the original open-source tool released back in 2000, and a major step for the utility. I apologize for posting to all the forums, and leave it to the moderators to accept or drop this post - but I believe the tool

[Full-Disclosure] [tool] the new p0f 2.0.1 is now out

2003-09-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
I am proud to announce the new stable version of p0f, 2.0.1, a complete rewrite of the original open-source tool released back in 2000, and a major step for the utility. I apologize for posting to all the forums, and leave it to the moderators to accept or drop this post - but I believe the tool

[Full-Disclosure] Re: p0f 2 beta now out - fingerprint data needed

2003-08-17 Thread Michal Zalewski
uable data for the beta. http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f-help/ Thank you, -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-08

[Full-Disclosure] p0f 2 beta now out - fingerprint data needed

2003-08-16 Thread Michal Zalewski
SS-NOP from a system with MSS-NOP, - Generic last-chance signatures to detect OS groups, - Better fingerprint file structure, - Some other improvements, including a minor option parsing glitch... Thanks for your feedback. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: --

[Full-Disclosure] unix entropy source can be used for keystroke timing attacks

2003-08-14 Thread Michal Zalewski
ce, and no program depends on how fast the data is available for its normal operation. -- ----- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-08-15 01:01 -- __

RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] Reacting to a server compromise

2003-08-14 Thread Michal Zalewski
by a trusted hardware and OS. *If* there is a difference in how the media is handled, or if there is a physical or cryptographical method of ensuring the integrity and authenticity of every piece, it would be different, I'm not arguing with that. -- ---

RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] Reacting to a server compromise

2003-08-06 Thread Michal Zalewski
ms of being susceptible to tampering with by the alleged victim (although less susceptible to remote manipulation by the attacker after the fact, true). -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones ne

Re: [Full-Disclosure] MDKSA-2003:081 - Updated postfix packages fixremote DoS

2003-08-04 Thread Michal Zalewski
ing to a DoS. Prior to 1.1.13. -- - bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use mirrors? --- 2003-08-04 10:16 -- ___ Full-Disclosure -

RE: [inbox] Re: [Full-Disclosure] Reacting to a server compromise

2003-08-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
n evidence the owner of the box was in control of the application that sent the offending traffic. The hard evidence comes from a different source, usually. -- --------- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: -- Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx] Did you know that clones never use

[Full-Disclosure] Postfix 1.1.12 remote DoS / Postfix 1.1.11 bounce scanning

2003-08-03 Thread Michal Zalewski
Good morning list, ,--. ,--. \ /-~-\ / === )' a a `( 1. Posfix 1.1.12 remote DoS (CAN-2003-0540) .( ,---. ), =

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