Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-08-11
An independent security researcher showed off an early version of a tool for creating covert channels that, he claims, can pass undetected through most firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
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Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6
2006-08-14
Anonymous
Anonymous
The comnent from Murphy "For example, the Windows firewall does not handle IPv6 so these packets pass right though." is not true. After Windows XP SP2 you have IPv6 capable firewall, which can handle the incoming traffic. Outgoing traffic is not handled in the buildt in firewall. The biggest problem...
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Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6
2006-08-14
Anonymous
Anonymous
"Linux, Mac and Windows XP allow IPv6 networking for compatibility, while Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Vista, uses the standard as the default networking protocol."
Both Linux (at least modern distributions like Debian and Ubuntu) and Mac support IPv6 by default.
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Both Linux (at least modern distributions like Debian and Ubuntu) and Mac support IPv6 by default.
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IPv6 Security Arms Race
2006-08-14
David Green
David Green
Network security is an arms race, and IPv6 provides building blocks for weapons for both sides. Thats why many major IT infrastructure vendors, security companies, and operating system makers are releasing enhanced IPv6 security products now to support (ie they sell lots of products) the big 2008 IP...
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Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6
2006-08-14
David Green
David Green
There is already an arms race with IPv6 hacker tools, like the THC-IPv6 toolkit and this covert channel tool going up against enterprise protection tools like firewalls and IDS. There is at least one commercial IDS and a couple of good firewalls with the ability to do deep inspection of IPv6 header ...
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(*yawn*)
Excuse me, but apart from that fact that someone is actually using IPv6, where is the news?
There were much more intresting things presented at DC, like this for instance:
"Hacking Malware: Offense is the new Defense"
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