[1405] in bugtraq
Re: All.Net's security testing service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Howes)
Wed Apr 5 13:36:02 1995
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 08:21:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Charles Howes <chowes@helix.net>
To: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <9504051208.AA13974@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com>
On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> > Does it work in the case of a user dialing in for PPP and then connecting
> > to all.net?
> No. It uses reverse domain mapping (gethostbyaddr) to direct its
> vulnerability testing.
If the user's PPP address is in the DNS with a name and a number, that
could easily be a 'Yes'.
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Charles Howes -- chowes@helix.net
Always tell the truth, then you make it the other bloke's problem!
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