[plug] Monday meeting summary, Channel 7 tour offer

[Bret Busby]

Leon Brooks wrote:
> 
> First, about 8 PLUGgers and assorted others piled into the SAGE/WAUUG
> meeting and learned a bit about cyberwarfare from the horse's mouth, so
> to speak. I will be implementing some automatic countermeasures as a
> consequence. Visit http://www.auscert.com.au/ and follow the links for
> more details. Bret will be pleased to know that some recent (March 2000)
> scan were targeting RedHat 6.0 boxes. (-: The food was yummy as well,
> which always helps. (-:

Unfortunately, I couldn't get there.

Please explain the bit about the RH 6.0 boxes. Are they esecially
vulnerable? If so, is the vulnerability reduced in RH 6.2?

I have just tried the link above to auscert, and got a "Netscape is
unable to locate the server ..." error.
> <snip>
> --

-- 

Bret Busby

......................................