Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:55:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:55:02 -0500 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:33974 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:54:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:54:04 +0200 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: "Richard B . Johnson" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux connectivity trashed. Message-ID: <20010329165404.A10181@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <000701c0b854$f2cf4f10$1428b2cc@DJLAPTOP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <000701c0b854$f2cf4f10$1428b2cc@DJLAPTOP>; from root@quark.analogic.com on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 15:34:06 +0200 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.2 Lines: 23 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03.29 Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > The penetration occurred because somebody changed our firewall > configuration > so that all of the non-DHCP addresses, i.e., all the real IP addresses had > complete > connectivity to the outside world. This meant that every Linux and Sun > Workstation > in this facility was exposed to tampering from anywhere in the world. This > appears > to be part of a plan to remove all non-DHCP machines by getting them > trashed. > See the cleverness of his network admins, that spent their time configuring a firewall to MAKE HOLES where there are not any... -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source mailto:jamagallon@able.es # be with you, Luke... Linux werewolf 2.4.2-ac27 #1 SMP Wed Mar 28 23:27:18 CEST 2001 i686 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/