[Am-info] New Stealth Attack Found Against Personal Firewalls

[Fred A. Miller]

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New Stealth Attack Found Against Personal Firewalls
By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes

A new technique for defeating personal firewall software has been
discovered. But at least one firewall vendor said the trick poses little
risk to computer users.

Backstealth, a demonstration program that bypasses the outbound data
filters in firewalls from Symantec, McAfee, and other firms, was posted
last week to Packetstorm, a popular security tools site.

http://online.securityfocus.com/news/382

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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