[funsec] reviving the public botnets@ mailing list

2008-08-27 Thread Gadi Evron
http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.

Re: [funsec] Maybe AV/computer security _is_ rocket science after all?

2008-08-27 Thread Chris Callahan
>>Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again) > >> If NASA can't do it right, what hope is there for "lesser" mortals?? > > It really isn't rocket science. Which is why NASA is having difficulty: they _only_ do rocket science. ;-) I wonder whether any such infected systems have ever been use

Re: [funsec] BGP: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole

2008-08-27 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:13:03 CDT, Gadi Evron said: > Maybe so, but they did it live on stage and hijacked defcon. So what if > it's old? Even if it's old, hijacking the whole network while on stage takes cojones. :) pgp4JtURr1vhv.pgp Description: PGP signature _

Re: [funsec] BGP: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole

2008-08-27 Thread Jon Kibler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Ferguson wrote: > Via Threat Level. > > [snip] > > Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily > intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable > to anyone outside of intelligence agencie

Re: [funsec] BGP: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole

2008-08-27 Thread Gadi Evron
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Paul Ferguson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > - -- Jon Kibler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So, I presume you were not at Defcon? Talk was a packed crowd. > > As a former Cisco BGP geek, ISP engineer, etc. -- yes, I grok. :-) > > I agree with Dann

Re: [funsec] BGP: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole

2008-08-27 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- Jon Kibler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So, I presume you were not at Defcon? Talk was a packed crowd. As a former Cisco BGP geek, ISP engineer, etc. -- yes, I grok. :-) I agree with Danny -- it is basically regurgitated: http://asert.arbornetw