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Covert Channel: ASCII Art Over ICMP

Posted by michael on from the help-i'm-trapped-inside-a-chinese-fortune-cookie-factory dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Have you ever had a particularly lossy Cisco ping, which you were sure was trying to tell you something? I mean, really *tell* you something. Echoart allows you to return a simple ascii art image in response to a Cisco-style ping."

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  1. Oh, great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we've got to set our firewall to block pings, too, to stop that damn goatse guy . . . . what will the trolls think of next?

    1. Re:Oh, great by tds67 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Now we've got to set our firewall to block pings, too, to stop that damn goatse guy...

      I, for one, am tired of seeing that guy's ASCII.

    2. Re:Oh, great by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whatever you do, just don't pipe the results to finger or dig.

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    3. Re:Oh, great by Speare · · Score: 4, Funny

      I, for one, am tired of seeing that guy's ASCII.

      Oh, come on. It builds character. You never know when it might be your * .

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  2. Re:This seems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    d'you ever wonder what these people did before the Internet?

  3. Re:This seems... by clichekiller · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since when has expression and customization been useless...er...ok I can see your point but it is still pretty damn cool.

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  4. fun for... by Digitus1337 · · Score: 4, Funny

    When 'hostname poop' isn't enough...

  5. Interesting by adequacy · · Score: 5, Funny

    This means that, with the lamefilter installed, ICMP is now more advanced than Slashdot.

  6. 800 Meg of stolen code... by Flower · · Score: 5, Funny

    and this is the best we get?? All right I admit to being a little let down.

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  7. hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    ping asciipr0n.com

    nothing special =(

    1. Re:hmm by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny

      I get a (O) response. What does that mean?

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  8. hello.jpg by ncc74656 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long do you suppose it'll be before someone starts using this to send an ASCII-art goatse.cx guy in response to pings? It'd give script kiddies looking for backdoors something to think about, at least.

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  9. Nice by Paulrothrock · · Score: 4, Funny

    It works on OS X. I'm so tempted to open up my wireless so people can get a big finger when they ping my machines while wardriving.

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  10. ahh.. by madprogrammer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Behold the return of ASCII porn!

  11. I'm starting work on... by Throtex · · Score: 5, Funny

    PingMUD. Anyone wanna help?

    1. Re:I'm starting work on... by Throtex · · Score: 4, Funny

      56H 44V 500X 0C Exits:NE>
      You travel north.

      The Grue's lair
      You are in the lair of a giant grue. It is dark, and you might be eaten by it.

      56H 42V 500X 0C Exits:S>
      The grue mauls you with his teeth!

      32H 42V 500X 0C Exits:S>

      C:\> ping grue
      You attack the grue with a vicious ping!
      The grue is incapacitated and will slowly die, if not aided.

      32H 42V 500X 0C Exits:S>

      C:\> /. grue
      The grue is dead! R.I.P.
      You receive 500X! You raise a level!

  12. Finally! by 1nhuman · · Score: 4, Funny

    A good argument I can use so that damn security dude opens up ICMP on our firewalls.

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  13. Oh no... by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Funny

    I used to browse Slashdot on minimum threshold, until I saw a goatse ASCII image... I'm afraid that such an image might make +5 for this story.

  14. I would be happy by OwnedByTheMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    with a simple ascii response of a web page to my simple http style request.

  15. Re:Why?? Aliens? Reliving youth? by KwisatzHaderach · · Score: 3, Funny

    Generally seems like somebody is deperately trying to hang on to the BBS days.

    Well the site is loading as fast as the BBS days so that's somewhat nostalgic right there...

  16. Yeah, the article is doing this right now... by WebMasterJoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is all I see:

    44 0 0 33333
    44 00 0 33 33
    44 4 0 00 3
    44 4 00 00 3 33
    444 44 0 0 3
    44 0 0 3 33
    4 00 00 3333

    I guess it works!

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  17. Re:This seems... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Back in the day, torch wielding mobs were all the rage.

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  18. Argh not another way by Tesko · · Score: 5, Funny

    to get spammed! I can see it now, pings which draw out "11VIAGRA CH3AP~!", or "`L00kING 4 L0\/3???"

  19. Screm ICMP by moonbender · · Score: 4, Funny

    Screw ICMP, I want to see ASCII Art Over ICBM!

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  20. Virgin Mary by SWroclawski · · Score: 3, Funny

    How long until people claim to see the Virgin Mary or some other figure in pings?

  21. Re:This seems... by Computer! · · Score: 3, Funny
    xxxxxxxxxx.-.
    xxxxxxxxxx|U|
    xxIxxxxxxx|.|
    xxHAV Exxx|.|
    xxTO xxxxx|.|_
    xxPUTxxx|.|.|.|-.
    xxTHISx/|.....`.|
    x HEREx|.|.......|
    xxTOxx|.........|
    xxGETx\...... .../
    xAROUND|.......|xxTHE FILTER
    xxxxxxx|.......|
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