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1995-01-23 - Re: Markoff/NYT on IP spoofing

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu
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UTC Datetime: 1995-01-23 12:12:08 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 04:12:08 PST

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 04:12:08 PST
To: bal@martigny.ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Markoff/NYT on IP spoofing
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"Brian A. LaMacchia" says:
> John Markoff writes in Monday's New York Times about a rash of computer
> security breaches using IP spoofing to penetrate routers and firewalls.
> That's all the technical info I coudld glean from the story; CERT is
> supposed to "make an announcement" later today and tell us what brands
> of routers can and cannot be modified to defend against this type of
> attack. 

The attack is far worse than described in the Times. Markoff didn't
quite understand the full ramifications, or perhaps people weren't
telling him the full story. Its *NOT* just IP spoofing.

Perry

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