[Full-Disclosure] Apparently the practice was prevalent

Shawn K. Hall (RA/Security) Security at ReliableAnswers.com
Sun Feb 8 18:04:30 GMT 2004


> Apparently the practice was prevalent

It sure was. At least until recently, Fred Cohens site was only
accessible using http://fc@all.net/ - now it appears to respond to
http://all.net/ as well.


> Makes you wonder how long it will be before a virus
> or worm reverses the registry key so it can use that
> "feature".

I'll bet they're already in the works.

Regards,

Shawn K. Hall
http://ReliableAnswers.com/

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