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Trojan Found in libpcap and tcpdump

Posted by michael on from the when-your-packet-sniffer-won't dept.

msolnik writes "Members of The Houston Linux Users Group discovered that the newest sources of libpcap and tcpdump available from tcpdump.org were contaminated with trojan code. HLUG has notified the maintainers of tcpdump.org. See our reports here or here."

11 of 486 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

  2. Re:prison by l33t+j03 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ok then, you keep having your ass rape dreams. Be sure to use bleach when you wash the sheets.

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  3. Houston .. Bush .. Cheney... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sounds like a Texas conspiracy here!

  4. Microsoft must be financing this, time to look! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Think about this for a moment.

    There is only one beneficiery if a trojan is succesfully released in an Open Source project.. and it's Microsoft.

    Also, people should pay attention to where they get an how they distribute thier source. It doesn't take much to generate an md5
    checksum. Come on!
    Just make sure you get your source from the source,
    and check the source against your md5 checksum.
    Not a big deal.

  5. Re:Glad I use Gentoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I guess you're talking about the blowjobs and the tight anal sex.

  6. Re:YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are my favorite troll. Don't go and jump off a cliff or something like WIPO. God I miss him. *sniff*
    Props to that IN SOVIET RUSSIA guy, as well.

  7. Re:what about current by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    all 'official mirrors', with the exception of .br, looked to all be infected as per md5 checksum's this is for both the tcpdump source and libpcap source

  8. Re:Glad I use Gentoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    kiss

  9. MOD PARENT-DOWN - AGAINST GROUPTHINK! by yatest5 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    discussion site in discourages discussion shocker

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  10. Re:as soon as this evening... by zen+parse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Comment Submitted. There will be a delay before the comment becomes part of the static page. What you submitted appears below. If there is a mistake...well, you should have used the 'Preview' button! Oops. HTML is hard.

  11. 1963 == Year Kennedy was shot by toupsie · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Could this be related to the year that Kennedy was shot? The aniversary is on Nov. 22.

    Nah probably not...

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