Re: Mediaone Hacker

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From: George Marengo
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:00

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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:49:21 -0800, "Shadow Wolf"
<ShadowWolf@lvcm.com> wrote:

>Exactly!  I mean after all if firewalls and proxies really worked then how
>come high end systems still get broken into???

Because they generally bypass the firewall through a weaker
interconnecting system. Very rarely do firewalls actually get
penetrated due to a weakness in the firewall itself. It may be 
due to a weakness in a linking system or through protocols 
and ports which were thought to be "trusted"

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From: George Marengo <gmarengo@home.com>
Subject: Re: Mediaone Hacker
Date: 1999/12/16
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