Recent Web site cracks

[Mullen Patrick]

Which firewalls did they use, what are the holes, and how can you plug and/or
exploit them?

PM

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From: Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM on Wed, Oct 9, 1996 3:20
Subject: Re: Recent Web site cracks
To: cypherpunks at toad.com

stewarts at 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.
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