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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Comments on a hacked server/page
From: Ian Dunkin <imd1707 @ ggr . co . uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 18:24:56 +0100 (BST)
To: "Roy L. Beasley" <royb @ access . digex . net>
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com, webserver-nt @ DELTA . PROCESS . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine . SUN . 3 . 91 . 950919220211 . 18736B-100000 @ access5 . digex . net>

- On Tue, 19 Sep 1995, Roy L. Beasley wrote:

> So I close by raising my "quill" (which we all know is mightier than any 
> sword) one more time in challenge:  has anyone ever heard of a breach of 
> NT's security that was not directly attributable to an administrator's 
> blunder?  If so, let him or her come forth with honest testimony !!! :-)

Would not the hole in the `EMWAC' NT HTTP server reported on the
Firewalls list by Ken Hardy <ken @
 bridge .
 com> last month (and since
fixed) seem to be a good example, and very similar in nature to past
daemon-related UNIX vulnerabilities. 

    I.

-- 
Ian Dunkin <imd1707 @
 ggr .
 co .
 uk>
--


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