---------- From: stewarts@ix.netcom.com[SMTP:stewarts@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 1996 12:37 PM To: pjb@ny.ubs.com Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Recent Web site cracks At 09:46 AM 10/8/96 -0400, pjb@ny.ubs.com wrote:

The recent cracks of the DOJ, CIA and Dole web sites have caused me to think about just what is going on here.

Do you suppose that these entries were made via the httpd route, maybe via cgi-bin, or just a straight telnet-type entry to the server? I don't know what operating systems were involved with these three systems, or even if

The DOJ and CIA sites were actually cracked; don't know the mechanisms. =-=-=-=-=- Apparently it was the ole phf bug. Or so I've heard. Alex F alexf@iss.net