From: Eli Dart (dartnersc.gov)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 14:25:23 CDT

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In reply to Brett Glass <brettlariat.org> :

> At 07:43 AM 9/16/2003, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
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> Could it be that some party or parties knew about this before the announcement
> and is probing for hosts to exploit?

I always assume that the blackhats are at least 6 to 12 months ahead
of public disclosure....

The kiddies may not have as much of a lead, depending on how good
their sources for exploit code are, but one should assume that
Smart Bad People can own one's machines if one's only defense is a
current patch set.

                --eli

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