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["M.L." <mlubrano AT sourcemage.org>]

On Mardi 7 Janvier 2003 17:05, Sergey A. Lipnevich wrote:
> Please discontinue all Ethernet communications, destroy all Ethernet
> hardware, and sue Bob Metcalfe for damages ;-). Use pigeons in the
> meantime.
>

This is the token righ come back !

> evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:
> >"Security researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability that may be
> > present in many Ethernet device drivers that is causing the devices to
> > broadcast sensitive information over networks. [...]
> >researchers [...] have discovered that many drivers instead pad packets
> > with data from previously transmitted Ethernet frames. This results in
> > the device sending out sensitive information to other machines on the
> > same Ethernet network. [...]
> >The Linux, NetBSD and Microsoft Windows operating systems are known to
> > have vulnerable link layer implementations, and it is extremely likely
> > that other operating systems are also affected."
> >
> >CERT link: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115
> >
> >
> >
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