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Re: Kiss-o'-death packets?
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:13:03 +0000 (GMT)
PG> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:45:11 +0100 PG> From: Peter Galbavy PG> "Yes but"... there is a strong likelyhood that less paranoid PG> protocol implementors (not necessarily designers, just those PG> coding stuff from spec) could simplify their lives and not PG> check all the right conditions required to filter unwanted PG> stuff. Bye bye farm. PG> PG> Oh, this has happened already ? Now, where is that "Windows PG> Update" icon again ... HTTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. Thus HTTP is a bad idea. SMTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. Thus SMTP is a bad idea. SNMP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. Thus SNMP is a bad idea. Come to think of it, IP stacks have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. IP is a bad idea, too. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist () brics com -or- alfra () intc net -or- curbjmp () intc net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.
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