Which firewalls did they use, what are the holes, and how can you plug and/or exploit them? PM _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM on Wed, Oct 9, 1996 3:20 Subject: Re: Recent Web site cracks To: cypherpunks@toad.com stewarts@ix.netcom.com writes:

The DOJ and CIA sites were actually cracked; don't know the mechanisms.

They used firewalls that are known to be easily crackable. ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by mail.ndhm.gtegsc.com with SMTP;9 Oct 1996 03:20:19 -0400 Received: from toad.com by delphi.ndhm.gtegsc.com with SMTP; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 7:17:16 GMT Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA26393 for cypherpunks-outgoing; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 16:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uu.psi.com (uu.psi.com [136.161.128.3]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA26380 for <cypherpunks@toad.com>; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 16:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by uu.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.061193-PSI/PSINet) via UUCP; id AA00949 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 96 19:43:02 -0400 Received: by bwalk.dm.com (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 08 Oct 96 16:54:14 EDT for cypherpunks@toad.com To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Recent Web site cracks From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) Comments: Dole/Kemp '96! Message-Id: <9VZHVD1w165w@bwalk.dm.com> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 96 16:53:43 EDT In-Reply-To: <199610081636.MAA10912@attrh1.attrh.att.com> Organization: Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y. Sender: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com Precedence: bulk