12 Nov
1997
12 Nov
'97
10:55 a.m.
Sharif Torpis wrote:
Why is that a problem? Unless somebody could execute the code on the boxthen it is not a threat - closed systems, like WWW servers (most servers like that really) should not be in any danger.
Two words: buffer overflow. You don't always have to have a shell to execute code on a closed system. What is a "closed system" anyway? Is that like "computer security"? ;-)
Ok, Point taken - but if anything has problems with those two words then a bit of code that crashes the box is not the only way of bringing things down.. Yes, it's smaller and probobly easier to get in though.. -- Leigh