IP: Security flaw found in Alcatel's high-speed modems: [risks] Risks Digest 21.35

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 17:06:38 -0400
> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: Security flaw found in Alcatel's high-speed modems
>
> Security flaw found in Alcatel's high-speed modems, By Tim Nott
>
> It's a security flaw. No, it's a spy. No, it doesn't exist at all.  Tsutomu
> Shimomura, better known for his contribution to, and book about, the arrest
> of hacker Kevin Mitnick claims to have found a "trapdoor" in Alcatel ADSL
> modems. On Monday evening, Liberation reported, Shimomura and San Diego
> Supercomputer Centre colleague Thomas Perrine reported their findings to the
> Computer Emergency Response Team. The point, continued Liberation, is
> simple. Anyone can penetrate a computer system linked to the Internet by
> Alcatel 1000 ADSL and Speed Touch Home modems.
>
> http://www.thestandardeurope.com/article/display/0,1151,16251,00.html



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