On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:59, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> Whatever, when you believe you've got it right, then try scans:
>
> https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 [probly not worth the time since
> this 'expert' got hacked and shut down a few weeks ago. So much for
> their security ;> ]
Steve Gibson (the owner and maintainer of grc.com) did not get hacked
-- he was the victim of a denial of service (DoS) attack. There is
very little defence against these attacks. If you actually read his
(very detailed yet very simple to understand) articles, you will see
that he did everything humanly possible and more to end the attack.
Sites like The Register have labelled this guy as nuts -- it is
obvious that they had not read his lengthy accounts or recognised the
great work he has done over the years. After reading his articles, I
can say that he is an extremely resourceful and clever guy and I
really feel sorry for how he has been attacked from all sides (the
media included). It was he who realised that WinXP's full raw UNIX
sockets support was both unnecessary and a major threat to the
stabliity of the Internet. It was he who managed to modify a SubSeven
trojan to lead him to its creator. This man is an unspoken genius.
I suggest you actually try reviewing Steve Gibson's work
(http://grc.com/) before criticising him.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
