Actually, This is a potential security issue, and it is usually considered appropriate to give the vendor a chance to at least comment on it before releaseing the details.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Cox, Danny H. wrote: > That's nice. > > It is probably by flooding the DMZ NIC - an old hack trick. > > Try inserting a RAF (Remote Access Filter) that denies all protocols > from directly accessing the DMZ NIC. > > FYI: Bad manners to claim you know something but "won't say until > someone fixes it". It also sounds very childish. > > Have a good day, > > Danny > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Batson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [gb-users] Any ideas who I would contact at GTA with regards to > a possible way to crash a GNATBox fire wall? > > Hello All, > I found a possible way to crash the GNAT firewall (gives me a kernel > fault) every time in the GNATBox light version 3.3.0. Note, when I do > the same process using GNATBox version 3.2.5, it does not crash at all. > > I not 100% sure why this sis happening, only that it is. I have compared > the configuration information for both 3.2.5 and 3.3.0 are the same. > Also, it is running on the same hardware. So far this evening, every > time I do this process when using the GNATbox version 3.3.0, it crash > but not once has it crash under 3.2.5. > > Will not say how I crash the GNAT firewall until GAT personnel can > explain/fix the problem - if it is a problem. They may even be aware of > it already not sure? > > Thanks, > Andrew AKA "Dyslextic" > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive of the last 1000 messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive of the last 1000 messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
