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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 =(

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


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

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  17. 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???"

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

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

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