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RE: Simple demo
From: John McDermott <jjm () jkintl com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 98 12:51:36
--- On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:04:35 -0700 (MST) Rik Farrow <rik () spirit com> wrote: Rik, Thanks, I was looking for something someone had thought out and this fits the bill. I'll try testing some linux systems to see if I can do this specific attack. This was exactly along the lines I was thinking, and it is nice to know that someone else has done this demo. --john
John McDermott <jjm () jkintl com> may have written:I agree here, too, which prompts a question: is there some (simple)
attack
I can use to demonstrate that SPFs in their current form(s) are (inherently) less secure than proxies? IOW I would like to set up a
simple
demo to show that the internal systems can be successfully attacked even with an SPF firewall in place.You can do a nice demo using buffer overflow attacks.
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