From: /m 


Yup, I remember Geo. telling that story.   It was two or three years
ago, if my memory serves me well.

 /m

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:02:19 -0400, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Reminds me of Geo's story when he diligently tracked and cross-referenced
>access info, IP addresses, etc. (I don't remember exaclty) to get some
>info on a guy who was visiting a site/discussion group Geo. went to.
>
>Finally, Geo. had him pinpointed and the next time he came online Geo told
>him what he knew.  The discussion went on for a bit and then the guy said
>"Sorry."  And Geo's NT session blue-screened.
>
>Or something like that.  Geo. can provide all the details.
>
>On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:43:40 -0400, /m  wrote:
>
>>
>> http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci12063
48,00.html
>>
>> ===
>> Multiple versions of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to a NULL pointer
>> dereference error in the server driver, which attackers could exploit to
>> crash a system using a specially crafted network packet. Atlanta-based
>> vendor Internet Security Systems' (ISS) X-Force uncovered the glitch and
>> released details Friday in an advisory, warning that an exploit is
>> available in the wild.
>>
>> "Attackers can reliably cause Microsoft Windows to [go to a] blue
>> screen," ISS said. "Users must reboot to recover from
the crash … As of
>> this writing no patch is available for the vulnerability."
>>
>> ISS said the security hole affects:
>> Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
>> Microsoft Windows Server 2003
>> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium
>> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1
>> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 Itanium
>> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
>> Microsoft Windows XP Pro x64 Edition
>> Microsoft Windows XP SP1
>> Microsoft Windows XP SP2
>> ===
>>
>>  /m

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