LinuxSecurity.com: Analysis of SSH crc32 compensation attack detector exploit

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2001

“On October 6, 2001, intruders originating from network
blocks in the Netherlands used an exploit for the crc32
compensation attack detector vulnerability to remotely compromise a
Red Hat Linux system on the UW network running OpenSSH 2.1.1. David
Dittrich thoroughly analizes the attack as it happened on a network
for which he is responsible.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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