Re: SSH brute force blocking tool

[Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>]

> That specially crafted attempt would be a HUGE raping of TCP/IP. How do 
> you supposed it would be possible for someone to insert 0wn3ed or any 
> other variable outside of an IP address?

Remember the (in)famous quote "...that vulnerability is purely 
theoretical..."?

I think the point is you don't use $language to split a bunch of fields, 
and then pipe them back through /bin/sh without making sure they're not 
malicious.

Doesn't matter that you can't think of a way to make them malicious .. 
somebody else will find one. It's safer to just assume it'll happen and 
always sanitize variables before you {do_stuff;} with them.

(my $0.02)

~Mike.

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