[9fans] Plan9 buffer overflow exploit explained in Phrack Volume 0x0b, Issue 0x3e, Phile #0x09 of 0x0f
Vester Thacker
about a Plan9 exploit. The article can be found at
http://phrack.unixchicks.com/p62-0x09.txt
I found it disheartening, but interesting nonetheless. Comments?
-- Vester Thacker
Charles Forsyth
as far as i could tell:
- the only `buffer overflow' exploited was one in his own program
- the technique used will work on any conventional architecture that implements C;
- all he did was work out the details of Plan 9 system call conventions, rather painfully
(he could just look at the mkfile)
- he's learnt enough acid to peep at code but claims he can't find the editor
- he seems to think that factotum remembering a password he's had to give it is equivalent
to opening the door to everyone
- the author seems aggressively ignorant (fairly typical of failing students in my experience)
i'd say he's actually just trying to show off to his phellow phile-istines.
i thought it was splendid: it's written in a breathless, manic style that rushes so quickly
from each misconception to the next.
Atanas Bachvaroff
Blah! I've just read that crap at the url given. What I see is
misconception and ignorance plus very, very, very nice "conclusions"...
Just as expected, a kid from the crackbrained generation who read their
grandiose-hack-the-world things but no further... Several more things
come to my mind but these have no place in this mailing list.
Greetings
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Dan Cross
articles. After wading through endless messages that say nothing more
than ``woot! First! lol'', Charles could post his last comment, which
gave me quite a chuckle.
- Dan C.
Markus Friedl
but it's a hoax and it makes fun of phrack articles.
