Re: [fw-wiz] Application-level Attacks

From: Marcus J. Ranum (mjr_at_ranum.com)
Date: 01/29/05

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    To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>, firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 04:15:05 -0500

    Adam Shostack wrote:
    >I think that older attacks were not application-layer from a business
    >perspective

    You're talking marketing. WTF is a "business perspective"??? I assume
    that means perception, not reality.

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    is pretty damn application-layer, if I recall correctly. The layer is 7,
    the application is Sendmail 5. The shell, as they say, is root.

    mjr.

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