[ale] Sunday 05-22-05 6PM RUN-AS-ROOT CHALLENGE

Michael B. Trausch fd0man at gmail.com
Wed May 18 18:11:44 EDT 2005


Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
> How do you know his configuration?  How do you know that the upstream
> router/firewall/gateway would allow what you describe?
> 
> Too often on this list people think they know more about others and
> their systems then they really do.  It shows in their gross assumptions
> and generalizations.
> 

The problem with end-users is that they assume that someone that has
intimate knowledge of the protocols, software, exploits, and kernels in
place could never figure out their setup.

	- Mike

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