[67679] in Cypherpunks
RE: Recent Web site cracks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Filacchione)
Wed Oct 9 10:12:24 1996
From: Alex Filacchione <alexf@iss.net>
To: "pjb@ny.ubs.com" <pjb@ny.ubs.com>,
"'stewarts@ix.netcom.com'"
<stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:36:16 -0400
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From: stewarts@ix.netcom.com[SMTP:stewarts@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 1996 12:37 PM
To: pjb@ny.ubs.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Recent Web site cracks
At 09:46 AM 10/8/96 -0400, pjb@ny.ubs.com wrote:
>The recent cracks of the DOJ, CIA and Dole web sites have caused me to think
>about just what is going on here.
>
>Do you suppose that these entries were made via the httpd route, maybe via
>cgi-bin, or just a straight telnet-type entry to the server? I don't know
>what operating systems were involved with these three systems, or even if
The DOJ and CIA sites were actually cracked; don't know the mechanisms.
=-=-=-=-=-
Apparently it was the ole phf bug. Or so I've heard.
Alex F
alexf@iss.net
