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Re: [Full-disclosure] The best hacker ever !

From: Gregory Boyce (gboycebadbelly.com)
Date: Mon May 02 2005 - 11:06:39 CDT


On Mon, 2 May 2005, Zuxy Haiduc wrote:

> While most people know better than attacking 127.0.0.1, it's important
> to note that in some operating systems (Windows, and a few others, but
> normally not *nix), anything in 127.* is loopback.
>
> Its a lot easier to trick someone into attacking, say, 127.36.120.67,
> than 127.0.0.1.
>
> Just a thought.

127.36.120.67 works under Linux as well (tested on Ubuntu, Debian, Redhat
and Gentoo with 2.2-2.6 kernels).

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