Re: finger-bombing

[lailert () ucssun1 sdsu edu (Supak Lailert \)]

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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Supak Lailert -- MBA (Information System) Program, San Diego State University

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