On 26 Nov 2001 at 14:54, Magniat_private wrote: From: Magniat_private To: VULN-DEVat_private Subject: Malicious use of grc.com Date sent: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 14:54:26 -0500 *snipped advisory* > > One would have hoped that instead of Mr. Gibson spending so much time > expounding on the theoretical DoS capabilities of Raw > Sockets, that he instead had used that time to properly develop his own > application in order to prevent the same. Those concerned with malicious > attacks from grc.com should block Gibson's netblock at the border. > > Cheers, > Magni -- (I expect this post to be rejected) I would suggest that you could have saved yourself a lot of time on this post by just writing the last paragraph. Creating an advisory about portscans to disparage Gibson is rather trivial isn't it? I'd suggest that if people are going to portscan, they'll use one of the thousands(?) of available tools to do this, rather than go to the trouble of playing with code to do the same through Gibson's site. Cheers -- Brad Griffin Gryphonn Design Computer Security Solutions Custom designed systems Ph: 0409057865 195 George Street Rockhampton QLD 4700 ABN: 12 095 821 961 ***************************
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