17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
"Brian A. LaMacchia" says:
John Markoff writes in Monday's New York Times about a rash of computer security breaches using IP spoofing to penetrate routers and firewalls. That's all the technical info I coudld glean from the story; CERT is supposed to "make an announcement" later today and tell us what brands of routers can and cannot be modified to defend against this type of attack.
The attack is far worse than described in the Times. Markoff didn't quite understand the full ramifications, or perhaps people weren't telling him the full story. Its *NOT* just IP spoofing. Perry