[kj] (OT) SSH Hacked - Mac users take notice !

[Phillipps Marc]

>sorry, but what's SSH?
>Is it a boat?

Yes, it's the little liferaft that inflates around your mac in the event of
flooding :o)

As Bo said, if you don't know what it is it's very unlikely you'll be in
trouble. 

>PS >Marc, With a strange warm windows user glow :o)

>I think you'll find with all the excitement you've wet yourself.... ;)

Damn, another pair of pants ruined . . . it's commando for me from now on.

Marc. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	fat potanga [SMTP:fatpotanga@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:00 PM
> To:	gathering@misera.net
> Subject:	Re: [kj] (OT) SSH Hacked - Mac users take notice !
> 
> sorry, but what's SSH?
> Is it a boat?
> 
> Mr Thicky
> 
> PS >Marc, With a strange warm windows user glow :o)
> 
> I think you'll find with all the excitement you've wet yourself.... ;)
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps@enfield.nhs.uk>
> Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
> To: 'Gathering' <gathering@misera.net>
> Subject: [kj] (OT) SSH Hacked - Mac users take notice !
> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:52:58 +0100
> 
> SSH has an open vulnerability, and it is being exploited.
> 
> If you are running Linux, Unix and Mac OS/X  shutdown your SSH port until
> you apply patches. This one is especially untimely as the main
> scriptkiddie
> hacking tools now gives them the version numbers of what software is
> running
> which port, so they can see if you're unpatched.
> 
> 
> SSH hole:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/1327248&mode=thread&tid=126&ti
> d=
> 172
> 
> NMAP with version numbers:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/133228&mode=thread&tid=126&tid
> =1
> 72
> 
> Marc
> With a strange warm windows user glow :o)
> 
> 
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