[ILUG] Re: Linux Security

[Mulvihill, Dara]

Check this out............

Security experts search for 'Moof'
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Report of an elusive hacker who attacks Linux machines. This person
searches for vulnerable systems with a slow port scan that flies under
the radar of intrusion detection systems. After identifying target
services, "moof" has been gaining root access via buffer overflows and
has been installing backdoors

URL: http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/990614ad96

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John P. Looney [SMTP:jplooney at compapp.dcu.ie]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 15, 1999 10:52 AM
> To:	John McDonnell
> Cc:	Irish Linux Users Group List
> Subject:	Re: [ILUG] Re: Linux Security
> 
> On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 10:50:53AM +0100, John McDonnell mentioned:
> > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, John P. Looney wrote:
> > >  http://www.khaos.org
> > Am I missing something really obvious here? That URL points to
> > www.el-mundo.es which is a spanish newspaper when I look at it with
> > Netscape. 
> 
>  Ack. Awkward bastards. It's www.kha0s.org (with a zero, not an 'o').
> 
>  BTW, anyone know what to setup a Logitech Trackman FX with XF86 ? I tried
> IMPS/2 - but it doesn't work. I have it working as a 3 button PS/2, but
> that's it. No idea how to use the fourth button, that's supposed to be a
> sort of mouse wheel...
> 
> Kate
> 
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