Re: finger-bombing
Supak Lailert \ (lailert@ucssun1.sdsu.edu)
Fri, 14 Oct 1994 00:33:36 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 13 Oct 1994, Rob Quinn wrote:
> Why can't you use hosts.deny? A while back I found that a certain
Because, as discussed earlier in this list, that guy can use "finger
forwarding" features to foul this protection. If you deny access to his
host, he would reroute the finger request via other host. It's very
difficult to prevent this type of attack.
Regards,
Supak
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