Re: Markoff/NYT on IP spoofing

[paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)]

> 
> 
> "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, pray tell, what else was John alluding to?

- paul

 
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