[45082] in Cypherpunks
Re: Still more on the Digicash protocol
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David A Wagner)
Sun Dec 10 03:42:54 1995
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 03:23:28 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: daw@lagos.CS.Berkeley.EDU (David A Wagner)
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In article <Pine.3.89.9512081312.A23124-0100000@unicorn.com>,
Rev. Mark Grant <mark@unicorn.com> wrote:
>
> Exactly.. once you have an active attack set up, it's trivial, but setting
> that up is quite hard.
>
But before everyone pats themselves on the back, congratulating themselves
on how hard an active attack is to set up, look at
http://www.EnGarde.com/software/ipwatcher/
Yes, folks, a commercial program which mounts an active attack.
(Check out the GUI! Click on the `Watch Mail' control! Activate the
`Take over' button! Whee, mom, hacking is fun!)
Active attacks may not be trivial, but they aren't exactly rocket science,
either -- and they're for sale.
- -- Dave `is capitalism the best thing since sliced bread, or what?' Wagner
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