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Arkeia Network Backup Agent Remote Access

Posted by timothy on from the security-is-for-dead-people dept.

hdm writes "The Metasploit Project has published a security analysis of the Arkeia Network Backup Client. Anyone able to connect to TCP port 617 can gain read/write access to the filesystem of any host running the Arkeia agent software. This appears to be an intentional design decision on the part of the Arkeia developers. A long-winded description of this issue, complete with screen shots, demonstration code, and packet captures can be found in the research article. Arkeia has been credited with being the first commercial backup product for the Linux platform."

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  1. fp by lord_rob+the+only+on · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. Microsoft style by yogikoudou · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "It's not a bug, it's a feature !"

  3. Just imagine if this were a Windows app by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Just imagine if this were a Windows app - there'd be a long list of "haha, Windows opens up all your data to the world". Ha-ha! (Munce)

  4. The slashdot community mourns the death of by conteXXt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hunter S Thompson

    Died yesterday. Apparent suicide.

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    The truth about Led Zep should never be told on /. (Karma suicide ensues)
    1. Re:The slashdot community mourns the death of by FyRE666 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Woah! I thought this was just another troll - I just got through reading another of his books too...

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      Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
  5. SPAM :: Mod Parent Down ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    uuh, can you say "-1 off topic"?

    Hunter S Thompson's death, while tragic, has NOTHING (that I am aware of) to do with the topic. You are injecting this comment in order to direct attention away from the topic to another topic that you feel is worthy of notice. but guess what buddy thats called spam afaik and i don't like it in this form any more than i like the offers to have my boobs and penis enlarged.

    if you want to leave a memorial to Mr Thompson I am quite sure there are better places to do it.

  6. Hunter S. Thompson, dead at 65 ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - "Fear and Loathing" writer Hunter S. Thompson was found dead in his Colorado home this morning. There weren't any more details, except that he shot himself. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.