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RE: Cisco CTR
From: "Rob Shein" <shoten () starpower net>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:55:53 -0500
Yes, but nobody patches it THAT quickly. CTR acts immediately, not a half-hour later...it would have started scanning by the time the hacker at the other end notices that he has a shell...
-----Original Message----- From: Gary Flynn [mailto:flynngn () jmu edu] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:58 PM To: Rob Shein Cc: 'Liran Chen'; focus-ids () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Cisco CTR Rob Shein wrote:I think this largely relates to the earlier discussionabout how thereis a difference between a "false positive" and an actualattack thatfails to succeed. Ask yourself this: are you going to want to know about all attacks or just those that have a chance of success? If someone throws IIS attacks at your apache web server, doyou want toknow about it...or do you want to wait until they start using apache-compatible exploits? There's a good summary of what CTR does here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps5054/Another thing to think about - some folks have a habit of patching the hole they came in through. Just because a vulnerability scan shows no vulnerability it does not mean an attack was unsuccessful. -- Gary Flynn Security Engineer - Technical Services James Madison University Please R.U.N.S.A.F.E. http://www.jmu.edu/computing/runsafe
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- Re: Cisco CTR Gary Flynn (Nov 07)
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- RE: Cisco CTR Michael Marziani (Nov 10)
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- RE: Cisco CTR Rob Shein (Nov 06)
- Re: Cisco CTR Joe Bowling (Nov 10)
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