Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:30:26 -0600 (CST) | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: Linux connectivity trashed. |
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"J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>: > On 03.29 Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > See the cleverness of his network admins, that spent their time configuring > a firewall to MAKE HOLES where there are not any...
And obviously not tell anyone they were doing so....
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