Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Mike Barushok
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > > http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 >

Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Mike Barushok
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > > http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855

Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Samuele Giovanni Tonon
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 > it depends on the attack: they say they want the "Congres

RE: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Ian H. Greenhoe
On Sat, 28 Sep 2001 at 10:19 AM, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: >On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: >> I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking >> this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? >> >> http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#0

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Saturday, 2002-09-28 at 18:33:43 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: > > Opinions? Comments? > Does it really matter? Well it may collide with a service started after it that wants this particular privileged port. I also believe that services that do not require a

Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Samuele Giovanni Tonon
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 > it depends on the attack: they say they want the "Congre

RE: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Ian H. Greenhoe
On Sat, 28 Sep 2001 at 10:19 AM, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: >On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: >> I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking >> this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? >> >> http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Saturday, 2002-09-28 at 18:33:43 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: > > Opinions? Comments? > Does it really matter? Well it may collide with a service started after it that wants this particular privileged port. I also believe that services that do not require

OT: Re: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Michael Meyer
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:19:44 -0400 Phillip Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > > > > http://www.the-dailyrant.c

OT: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > > http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 > > I think it is especially important to those of us > wh

Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Dale Amon
I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 I think it is especially important to those of us who are not under US law, living in places where such activity would not

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: > Opinions? Comments? Does it really matter? Wichert. -- _ /[EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.wiggy.net/ | | 102

OT: Re: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Michael Meyer
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:19:44 -0400 Phillip Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > > > > http://www.the-dailyrant.

Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
Hi! I'm running chkrootkit on my workstation, just for testing. After the last reboot it found: Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 600) Slightly shocking on a workstation without direct Internet connectivity. Doing an "lsof -i :600" showed rpc.statd using this port. Huh? Why a low port?

OT: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: > I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking > this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? > > http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 > > I think it is especially important to those of us > w

Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Dale Amon
I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 I think it is especially important to those of us who are not under US law, living in places where such activity would no

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: > Opinions? Comments? Does it really matter? Wichert. -- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.wiggy.net/ | | 102

Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
Hi! I'm running chkrootkit on my workstation, just for testing. After the last reboot it found: Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 600) Slightly shocking on a workstation without direct Internet connectivity. Doing an "lsof -i :600" showed rpc.statd using this port. Huh? Why a low port?

Re: slapper countermeasures

2002-09-28 Thread Ullrich Jans
KevinL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 06:05, Michael Renzmann wrote: > > "killall .bugtraq" would be suitable as well, and it would "destroy" > > every other instance of the program that is running currently. Even if > > detecting the current PPID does not work for whatever

Re: slapper countermeasures

2002-09-28 Thread Ullrich Jans
KevinL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 06:05, Michael Renzmann wrote: > > "killall .bugtraq" would be suitable as well, and it would "destroy" > > every other instance of the program that is running currently. Even if > > detecting the current PPID does not work for whatever