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Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...???

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On 2016-01-31, Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2016, Nomen Nescio wrote
> (in article<d81e1aa7ee747ff31f0775dacd34685f@dizum.com>):
>
>> I specifically target macs because there is a security hole that has
>> existed for two decades, thru every new revision of OS, and it has
>> never been fixed.
>
> Interesting. ‘Two decades’ would mean that the alleged security hole has 
> been in place since System 7.something, as OS 8 was not available until 1997, 
> or less than 20 years ago. That’s one heck of a bug. It first lived on Moto 
> 680x0 CPUs, then on PowerPCs, then on Intel. it survived at least three major 
> network stacks. That’s pretty good, right there. Better yet, Apple changed 
> the underpinnings of the OS multiple times in that timespan, not least when 
> they went to OS X and dumped the previous schema. And the fact that there 
> have been a lot of changes in OS X over the years means that a lot of things 
> which worked with early versions simply no longer work. With the demise of 
> Open Transport, for example, a significant number of older network apps died, 
> but you’re saying that this security problem still works... and that for 
> some reason no-one but you has used it, or if they have, that no-one has 
> noticed anyone using it. Unless, of course, you can give examples which can 
> be checked of someone using this alleged security hole. Three from the last 
> 20 years would do fine. And by ‘checked’ I mean that I want examples that 
> _I_ can check. What _is_ this security hole, anyway?
>
> And, oh, one more thing: does ‘every new version of the OS’ include A/UX?

He's clearly a full of shit know-nothing. You'll get no further details,
because none exist. Those of us who actually know something about
security know he's lying through his teeth.

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Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2016-01-30 23:38 +0100
  Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-30 23:29 +0000
  Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2016-01-30 23:27 -0500
    Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-01-31 04:42 +0000
      Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2016-01-31 07:23 -0500
      Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> - 2016-02-01 03:12 +0100
        Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2016-01-31 23:05 -0500
          Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-02-01 17:16 +0000
          Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-06 19:04 +1300
        Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201602.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2016-02-02 01:44 +0100
          Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-02-01 17:23 -0800
            Re: Network Pinger Stats.... Inadequate Management & Omissions...??? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-02-01 20:26 -0500

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