And if anyone wants a copy of the script, it's publically available at your nearest bugtraq archive, or if there is sufficient interest, perhaps someone will post it to this list to show just how easy it is to crash a Cisco router.
-- Mark K. Pettit [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Vince Hoang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users Hawaii community discussion list <luau.videl.ics.hawaii.edu> List-Unsubscribe: <http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/pipermail/luau/> X-Original-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:20:30 -1000 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:20:30 -1000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) If anyone is running Cisco, you will want to seriously consider upgrading your IOS version or adding some ACLs at your border routers until you do. With hping and a short shell script, you can cripple an unpatched router. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030717-blocked.shtml This was all announced last week by many different outlets (Bugtraq, CERT, Slashdot, ad nauseum), but I figure some folks on the list would find this valuable. So I can get a sense the intereset, private comments are encouraged, despite this message lacking some ob-open source content. -Vince _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
