Re: tlug: Now, ain't this really odd??!!

[Rafael Coninck Teigao <rct@example.com>]

Chris Sekiya wrote:

> (nice to see the TLUG list up again)
>
>
> There should have been no way for you to reboot your machine by telnetting
> to another machine.
>
> I'll be willing to bet that the fellow who telnetted to your machine
> subsequently attacked it.  Your kernel should have been immune to the Ping
> of Death(tm), but it's likely vulnerable to teardrop attacks or the like.
>

No, it wasn't any attack like that, 'couz after rebooting, I've connected
again, and telneted again to that machine, and after some wellcome msg, once
again I got lot's of kernel panic and halt!

> Secure your machine.
>
> -- Chris
>



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