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RE: Recent Web site cracks
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From: [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 1996 12:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Recent Web site cracks
At 09:46 AM 10/8/96 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>The recent cracks of the DOJ, CIA and Dole web sites have caused me to think
>about just what is going on here.
>
>Do you suppose that these entries were made via the httpd route, maybe via
>cgi-bin, or just a straight telnet-type entry to the server? I don't know
>what operating systems were involved with these three systems, or even if
The DOJ and CIA sites were actually cracked; don't know the mechanisms.
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Apparently it was the ole phf bug. Or so I've heard.
Alex F
[email protected]