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yeah... I know it is not nearly as bad as cod red, but there are some newbies out there that were raised on Microsoft and log in as root all of the time..... Shannon Mark Orr wrote: >On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 15:17:53 -0500 >Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>There is a linux trojan that is out, in case anyone has not heard. >> http://www.qualys.com/alert/remoteshell.pdf is the location of the pdf >>detailing the trojan. >> > >Yeah...that is pretty bad. I mean, if some random person you dont know >sends you an email, and you...just accidentally...save it to a file, >decompress it, change the permissions to make it executable, re-login >as root, and run the thing (assuming there's no library symbol conflicts) >....well you could just be in a world of hurt. > >:) > >Mark Orr >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ > --------------040405050201070603080107 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> </head> <body> yeah... I know it is not nearly as bad as cod red, but there are some newbies out there that were raised on Microsoft and log in as root all of the time.....<br> <br> Shannon<br> <br> Mark Orr wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><pre wrap="">On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 15:17:53 -0500<br>Shannon Roddy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a> wrote:<br><br></pre> <blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">There is a linux trojan that is out, in case anyone has not heard. <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.qualys.com/alert/remoteshell.pdf";>http://www.qualys.com/alert/remoteshell.pdf</a> is the location of the pdf <br>detailing the trojan.<br></pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----><br>Yeah...that is pretty bad. I mean, if some random person you dont know<br>sends you an email, and you...just accidentally...save it to a file,<br>decompress it, change the permissions to make it executable, re-login<br>as root, and run the thing (assuming there's no library symbol conflicts)<br>....well you could just be in a world of hurt.<br><br>:)<br><br>Mark Orr<br><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a><br>================================================<br>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group<br>Visit <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.brlug.net";>http://www.brlug.net</a> for more information.<br>Send email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> to change<br>your subscription information.<br>================================================<br></pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------040405050201070603080107-- ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
