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Subject: Re: Aborting net connections
From: Jesse-Whyte @ cadet2 . usma . edu
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:05:09 +0000
To: lonewolf @ wolf . microserve . com
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
Comments: Authenticated sender is <x85899c4 @ cadet2 . usma . edu>

> Is there a method for closing a connection in progress?
> For example, suppose that's I'm a malicious hacker and that I've telneted
> to a machine to which i have no business accessing.  Now suppose that the 
> SysAdmin or SysSecAdmin discovers my connection.
> -brian
> lonewolf @
 wolf .
 microserve .
 com
> 
A simple solution, a short term solution, would be to just kill his 
shell and then shut down and boot up in single user w/o networking so 
you can close the hole.

Hope this wasn't the obvious answer that you were looking to avoid...
 
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Jesse Whyte
Cadet, United States Military Academy
West Point, New York
10997
(914)938-4120
x85899c4 @
 cadet2 .
 usma .
 edu


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