----- Original Message ----- From: "csj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 07:56 Subject: Re: Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises
> On 4. December 2003 at 3:22PM -0600, > "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: "csj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > > > Now I'm curious: is it possible to get rooted while on > > > dialup? I'm thinking of a user with access to a slow but > > > dirt cheap dialup connection and so is online for significant > > > stretches, say, eight hours. This also assumes that no > > > trojans or similar have been installed on the user's system. > > > > > FYI. As one who has caught several virisus. It can happen on > > dialup and it has always happened to me while downloading > > virisus definitions from Norton.com. I dont believe that > > norton was infectied. Therefore it came from somewhere else. > > Hoyt > > Getting rooted, a "targeted" attack, is different from getting > infected by a virus. The only *n*x viruses I've read about tend > to be proof of concept. Of course they could be made part of an > attack... > Agreed but if the viruses is directed by an intellegience instead of being a random thing then it becomes a targeted attack. The question was is it possible to infect a dialup system? Answer: Yes. Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
