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> This set of vulnerabilities requires a potential attacker to be physically within range of the Wi-Fi network I have troubles imagining an attack on wifi prot
by tomaskafka 5y ago
> This set of vulnerabilities requires a potential attacker to be physically within range of the Wi-Fi network
I have troubles imagining an attack on wifi protocol where this doesn't apply :).
- the8472 5y agoBack in the day you could disconnect some modems by sending certain strings over any higher level protocol, e.g. ICMP or IRC.
- segfaultbuserr 5y agoI think this vulnerability is one of the most embarrassing blunders caused by a software patent.
- doggodaddo78 5y agoBack in the day, you could: - Hijack TCP sessions very easily with IP hijacking, especially telnet - DoS someone with a smurf attack - Ping of death windoze - Inject content into unencrypted pages (goatse everyone's web page backgrounds) - Get hacked by running inetd services - chargen ... nuf said - Apply a zillion patches to a Solaris box but break 10 other things
- kalleboo 5y agoLinksys WRT54G, Netgear 614/624 routers: sending `DCC SEND foo 0 0 0` would boot people off IRC Norton Personal Firewall: `startkeylogger` would boot you off of IRC These would typically be combined into `DCC SEND startkeylogger 0 0 0` to grief a whole channel of people
- beermonster 5y agoReminds me of this back in the day: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1998/Sep/192 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1998/Sep/192