[21599] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Exodus: this is bad
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William S. Duncanson)
Mon Nov 16 23:58:17 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:36:25 -0600
To: Adam Rothschild <asr@millburn.net>,
"Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal@logic.net>
From: "William S. Duncanson" <caesar@starkreality.com>
Cc: Richard Irving <rirving@onecall.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811162224140.2511-100000@thuule.pair.com>
I think he meant the compromised hosts, or the hosts that the attacks were
coming from, were all RH 5.1 with an old rev of BIND. My 3.0-current box
with 8.1.2 handled it fine, as well.
At 22:30 11/16/98 -0500, Adam Rothschild wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Edward S. Marshall wrote:
>
>> The attacked hosts have all exhibited the same characteristics: stock Red
>> Hat 5.1 install, running (probably) the stock named that came with it,
>
>Not entirely true. I watched a FreeBSD 2.2.x/BIND 8.1.2 box get tickled
>harmlessy...
>
>Go to bed, porscanning twit kiddies. It's late now, and Teletubbies ain't
>on. 8-)
>
>
William S. Duncanson caesar@starkreality.com
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