Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] PIII/Katmai & FXSAVE support, disable serial-#, 2.2.2 | Date | Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:31:57 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Nat Lanza <magus@cs.cmu.edu> said: > Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@e-mind.com> writes: > > Don't trust it! Spoofing the MAC address is quite easy for a knowledged > > cracker.
> Fortunately, the average cracker is an idiot, so simple things like > this are pretty effective. Really, the average cracker we see on our > network isn't bright enough to delete shell history files. I doubt > he'd be bright enough to spoof a MAC address.
Perhaps the cracker himself (itself? ;) isn't bright enough to delete shell history, but his shrink-wrapped cracking tools might be a lot brighter... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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