Messages in this thread | | | From | Roger Larsson <> | Subject | Re: Linux connectivity trashed. | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:21:04 +0200 |
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Hi,
I assume that it is ok to sue any company that forwards viruses too... (not only the author...)
Are Raytheon suing the company were you work, or some unknown/unnamed company made up by Microsoft? (you were not specific about this)
/RogerL
On Thursday 29 March 2001 15:34, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > This is for information only. > > Last week a standard RH distribution of Linux was rooted from what looks > like a Russian invasion. The penetration used the method taught in the CERT > Advisory CA-2000-17. > > The intruder(s) then attempted to perform additional penetrations from > this site. One of the sites attacked was alleged to be Raytheon. Raytheon > makes products for national security such as guided missiles. > > I was told that Raytheon is now suing this company. Therefore all Linux > machines > are being denied access to the Internet.
> > The penetration occurred because somebody changed our firewall > configuration > so that all of the non-DHCP addresses, i.e., all the real IP addresses had > complete > connectivity to the outside world. This meant that every Linux and Sun > Workstation > in this facility was exposed to tampering from anywhere in the world. This > appears > to be part of a plan to remove all non-DHCP machines by getting them > trashed. > In other words, we were set up to take a hard fall because no machine that > allows > NFS mounts can be safely exposed to the outside world without blocking > portmap. > > There is a concerted effort to eliminate both Sun Workstations and Linux > machines > as tools in this facility. This happens as the "yuppies", who have never, > ever, contributed > to product development are Peter-Principled into positions of authority. > > The email addresses of those who have declared that only Windows machines > will > be allowed access to the outside world are: > > Thor T. Wallace twallace@analogic.com > David Pothier dpothier@analogic.com > > David Pothier was a beta tester for Windows/NT. Of course he wants all > machines to > be Windows and, naturally, under his control. > > Thor Wallace is our new "security" administrator so I am told. > > The only Linux advocate in a position of authority is: > > Alex Shekhel ashekhel@analogic.com > > So, now I hooked up my lap-top, installed Windows.... and here I am. > Only windows > machines are allowed to access the outside world. > > > Cheers, > > Richard B. Johnson > Formally root@chaos.analogic.com > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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