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Re: Got hacked by Ramen-style attack



On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Alvin Oga wrote:

> they tried.... doesn't mean they got in

you are correct so far, but if you read later on, the original poster
adds:

> I had a number of rejected packets to port 137 immediately before, nmbd
> crashed and the lprng exploit started.

If at least one daemon was crashed, the attack may have been successful,
so he has every reason to be cautious.

Bye
Giacomo

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