Re: slapper countermeasures

2002-09-28 Thread Ullrich Jans
KevinL [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 06:05, Michael Renzmann wrote: killall .bugtraq would be suitable as well, and it would destroy every other instance of the program that is running currently. Even if detecting the current PPID does not work for whatever reason.

Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
Hi! I'm running chkrootkit on my workstation, just for testing. After the last reboot it found: Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 600) Slightly shocking on a workstation without direct Internet connectivity. Doing an lsof -i :600 showed rpc.statd using this port. Huh? Why a low port?

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: Opinions? Comments? Does it really matter? Wichert. -- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.wiggy.net/ | |

Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Dale Amon
I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 I think it is especially important to those of us who are not under US law, living in places where such activity would

OT: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 I think it is especially important to those of us who are

OT: Re: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Michael Meyer
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:19:44 -0400 Phillip Hofmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user?

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Saturday, 2002-09-28 at 18:33:43 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: Opinions? Comments? Does it really matter? Well it may collide with a service started after it that wants this particular privileged port. I also believe that services that do not require a

RE: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Ian H. Greenhoe
On Sat, 28 Sep 2001 at 10:19 AM, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855

Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Samuele Giovanni Tonon
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 it depends on the attack: they say they want the Congress

Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Mike Barushok
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Samuele Giovanni Tonon wrote: On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 it

Re: slapper countermeasures

2002-09-28 Thread Ullrich Jans
KevinL [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 06:05, Michael Renzmann wrote: killall .bugtraq would be suitable as well, and it would destroy every other instance of the program that is running currently. Even if detecting the current PPID does not work for whatever reason.

Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
Hi! I'm running chkrootkit on my workstation, just for testing. After the last reboot it found: Checking `bindshell'... INFECTED (PORTS: 600) Slightly shocking on a workstation without direct Internet connectivity. Doing an lsof -i :600 showed rpc.statd using this port. Huh? Why a low port?

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: Opinions? Comments? Does it really matter? Wichert. -- _ /[EMAIL PROTECTED] This space intentionally left occupied \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.wiggy.net/ | |

Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Dale Amon
I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 I think it is especially important to those of us who are not under US law, living in places where such activity would

OT: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 I think it is especially important to those of us who are

OT: Re: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Michael Meyer
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:19:44 -0400 Phillip Hofmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user?

Re: Why does rpc.statd need a privileged port?

2002-09-28 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Saturday, 2002-09-28 at 18:33:43 +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Lupe Christoph wrote: Opinions? Comments? Does it really matter? Well it may collide with a service started after it that wants this particular privileged port. I also believe that services that do not require a

RE: Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Ian H. Greenhoe
On Sat, 28 Sep 2001 at 10:19 AM, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855

Re: Media Hackers

2002-09-28 Thread Samuele Giovanni Tonon
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:36:06PM +0100, Dale Amon wrote: I'm curious if anyone has thought about ways of blocking this sort of attack before it gets to the home user? http://www.the-dailyrant.com/archives/000855.html#000855 it depends on the attack: they say they want the Congress to