full-disclosure - Empirical data surrounding guards and firewalls.

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From: prb at lava.net (Peter Besenbruch)
Subject: Empirical data surrounding guards and firewalls.

A truly twisted sense of humor. Thank you.

evol@...ner.halo.nu wrote:
> Evol would like to share empirical data gained today.  Evol believes this
> make internet community much happy, and make the Mr. Peter not regulate.
> So what happened?  Evol explains:
> 
> Target:
> ------
> 	-Firewall
> 	-McDonald's guard
> 
> Materials:
> ---------
> 	-(1) Evol
> 	-(1) Shoes
> 	-(1) Shirt
> 	-(1) Computer
> 	-(1) Internet connection
> 	-(1) Firewalled host
> 
> Procedure:
> ---------
> For each target, undergo the following steps:
> 
> 	1.) Enumerate an acceptable entrance policy.
> 	2.) Attempt to enter while following entrance policy.
> 
> Data:
> -----
> 	Firewall:
> 	--------
> 		The firewall at internet host www.mcdonalds.com accepts
> 		connections to TCP/IP port 80.  Rules are similar to 'DENY
> 		ALL EXCEPT TCP PORT 80'  So make connection to port 80 and
> 		note results.
> 	Results:
> 	-------
> 		Normal transaction was accepted.  See results:
> 
> 		HTTP/1.1 400 Bad request
> 		Server: Netscape-Enterprise/4.1
> 		Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 XX:XX:XX GMT
> 		Content-length: 147
> 		Content-type: text/html
> 		Connection: close
> 
> 	Store:
> 	-----
> 		The store at the location closest to me was chosen as a
> 		specific target.  The entrance policy is:
> 		'IF (NOT SHOES) OR (NOT SHIRT) DENY'
> 		So, evol enters store with only shoes and a shirt.
> 
> 	Data:
> 	----
> 		Evol was rejected conduction of normal buisness.  No
> 		Big Mac today, get out!  Then, when Evol tries to
> 		proceed anyway, cops take Evol out of McDonalds.
> 
> 	Conclusion:
> 	----------
> 		People and firewalls are different.
> 
> Thanks Internet Community, hope much hapiness for you.
> 
> -Evol
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