> > Black hats distribute information on how to crash systems? I thought
> > they were concentrating on breaking root.
>
> Then you haven't been paying attention lately. Let's see here...
> ping of death...NT BSOD exploits a-plenty...Exchange Server and IIS
> DoS attacks...Appex terminal server DoS.... I could go on for days.
But those are
REMOTE ATTACKS.
Surely you can tell the difference between a remote attack and a local
attack.
Ob-BUGTRAQ-Posting:
If you are logged into an NT box, you can type CTRL-ALT-DEL and take
the system down.
> As much as I agree with you 99.9% of the time, I have to take issue
> with this one, Theo. Perhaps it hit closer to home than some, but it's
> still an exploit.
No it isn't.
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