full-disclosure - Re: "Fire and forget" exploits?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0610201005090.31609@stratigery>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:09:13 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Bruce Ediger" <eballen1@...st.net>
To: "full-disclosure" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: "Fire and forget" exploits?

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Brendan Dolan-Gavitt wrote:

>  It seems like this kind of exploit is dying out, particularly as
> different flavors of Linux proliferate, each with their own slightly
> different libc and userland; in the Windows world, however, we still
> find "universal" exploits that work on NT4/2k/XP over a variety of
> service packs.

Doesn't this implicitly support Dan Geer et al's argument about
software monoculture?

In fact, wouldn't the "linux monoculture" concept constitute a bit
of a misnomer?  Each "slightly different" userland and libc would constitute
a different flavor, right?

Nevertheless, the received wisdom remains that "If linux took over from
Windows tomorrow, all the hackers would concentrate on linux flaws, and
we'd be in the same position."

-- 
Bruce Ediger
720-932-1954
eballen1@...st.net

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