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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.
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>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]