full-disclosure - openssh exploit code?

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Message-ID: <20031013164316.GA11901@eiv.com>
From: smcmahon at eiv.com (Shawn McMahon)
Subject: openssh exploit code?

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 12:13:14AM -0700, security snot said:
> 
> probably enjoy the multiple levels of admitted "obscurity features" (check
> the Brad Spengler vs. OpenBSD Team threads just about anywhere, Theo's
> quotes on w^x being an "obscurity feature" to thwart attacks from lesser
> skilled attackers - since after all, the lesser skilled attackers are the
> real threat, right?).

Do you leave your car door unlocked and the keys in it?  Because, after
all, locking the door and taking the keys with you only stops the lesser
skilled attackers.


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