Re: The best hacker ever !

[Zuxy Haiduc <zuxy.haiduc () gmail com>]

While most people know better than attacking 127.0.0.1, it's important
to note that in some operating systems (Windows, and a few others, but
normally not *nix), anything in 127.* is loopback.

Its a lot easier to trick someone into attacking, say, 127.36.120.67,
than 127.0.0.1.

Just a thought.


On 5/2/05, vulcanius <vulcanius () gmail com> wrote:
> In some senses it seems like it may be worthy of a Darwin award.
>
> On 5/2/05, Schmehl, Paul L <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:18 PM
> > > To: Schmehl, Paul L
> > > Cc: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] The best hacker ever !
> > >
> > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:34:42 CDT, Paul Schmehl said:
> > > > --On Friday, April 29, 2005 03:11:16 PM -0400
> > > Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> > > > > Obligatory security reference:  All too soon, we'll have to be
> > > > > securing our systems against this guy's kids....
> > > >
> > > > yyyyeaaahhhhh.....like that'll be a chore......
> > >
> > > Just remember Paul - his kids might apply to UT Dallas and
> > > get accepted. I never
> > > *said* his kids would be the attackers, did I? :)
> > I think some of his relatives already have. :-)
> >
> > Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> > Adjunct Information Security Officer
> > The University of Texas at Dallas
> > AVIEN Founding Member
> > http://www.utdallas.edu/
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