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<BODY BGCOLOR=#ffffff BACKGROUND="../back1.jpg" TEXT=#550655 LINK=#ff4040 VLINK=#4040ff> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="../../SmallTakeDown.jpg" VSPACE=0 ALT="T A K E D O W N"></H1> <TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=25% ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="../communiques/index.html"><IMG SRC="../ARROW-L.jpg" ALT="Prev" BORDER=0></A></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><H2><IMG SRC="tech-talk.jpg" ALT="T e c h T a l k"></H2></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=25% ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="../the-well/index.html"><IMG SRC="../ARROW-R.jpg" ALT="Next" BORDER=0></A></TD></TR></TABLE> <P> <BR> <P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <STRONG>January 23.</STRONG> <A HREF="../../bio/markoff.html">Markoff</A>'s <A HREF="">article</A>, in the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/"><EM>New York Times</EM></A> reports on the security flaw and describes the attack on <A HREF="../../bio/tsutomu.html">Tsutomu</A>'s computer. Later in the day, the <A HREF="http://www.sei.cmu.edu/SEI/programs/cert/">Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)</A> issues a <A HREF="ftp://info.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories/CA-95:01.IP.spoofing">public warning</A> about the flaws. <P> Tsutomu and the <A HREF="http://www.sdsc.edu/">SDSC</A> are beseiged with phone calls. <P> Tsutomu and Julia Menapace write up technical details of the attack. <P> <STRONG>January 24.</STRONG> Tsutomu returns to San Diego. <P> <STRONG>January 25.</STRONG> 4:00am. Tsutomu <A HREF="../../coverage/tsu-post.html">posts technical details</A> of attack and makes audio files of threatening <A HREF="../../evidence/voicemail/index.html">voice mail</A> available for ftp. </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <BR> <P> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=1> <TR> <TH COLSPAN=4><BR><H3>Players</H3></TH> </TR> <TR> <DL> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=25%> <DT><H4>People</H4> <DD> <DL> <DT><A HREF="../../bio/tsutomu.html">Tsutomu Shimomura</A> <P> <DT><A HREF="http://www.sjmercury.com/digital/bank.htm">Bank, David</A>, <EM>San Jose Mercury News</EM> <DT>Bellovin, Steve, AT&T Bell Laboratoris <DT><A HREF="http://www.cise.nsf.gov/CISE/asc/ASCDDhome.html">Borchers, Robert</A>, NSF <DT><A HREF="http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/">Gilmore, John</A> <DT>Gross, Andrew <DT><A HREF="http://www.sdsc.edu/SDSC/Staff/karin/karin.html">Karin, Sid, SDSC director</A> <DT><A HREF="../../bio/markoff.html">Markoff, John</A> <DT>Menapace, Julia <DT>Redelfs, Ann, SDSC public relations </DL> </DD> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=25%> <DT><H4>Organizations</H4> <DD> <DL> <DT><A HREF="http://www.nsf.gov">National Science Foundation (NSF)</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/"><EM>New York Times</EM></A> <DT><EM>Newsweek</EM> <DT><A HREF="http://www.pagenet.com/">PageNet</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.sdsc.edu/">San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)</A> </DL> </DD> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=25%> <DT><H4>Hardware/Software</H4> <DD> <DL> <DT><A HREF="http://www.best.com/~shred/">Cellular telephone</A> <DT>Hewlett Packard 100 palmtop <DT>RadioMail terminal </DL> </DD> </TD> </DL> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=1> <TR> <TH COLSPAN=3><BR><H3>Details</H3></TH> </TR> <TR> <DL> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=33%> <DT><H4>Locations</H4> <DD> <DL> <DT><A HREF="http://www.snoweb.com/sierras/tahoe.html">Lake Tahoe, California</A> <DT>Reno airport <DT><A HREF="http://www.sddt.com/files/realestate/citymap.html">San Diego, California</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.electriciti.com/interact/garden.html">Torrey Pines State Park</A> </DL> </DD> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=33%> <DT><H4>Evidence</H4> <DD> <DL> <DT>Photo of Kevin Mitnick <DT>Shimomura's files at University of Rochester </DL> </DD> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP WIDTH=33%> <DT><H4>Background</H4> <DD> <DL> <DT><A HREF="news:alt.security">alt.security</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.aol.com/">America Online</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www1.trib.com/NEWS/APwire.html">Associated Press</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/HILLARY_Home.html">Clinton, Hillary</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</A> <DT><A HREF="news:comp.protocols.tcp-ip">comp.protocols.tcp-ip</A> <DT><A HREF="news:comp.security.misc">comp.security.misc</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.panix.com/~rbs/Skate/">Inline skating</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.sdsc.edu/0/SDSC/Geninfo/SDarea/camping.html">Lake Miramar</A>, San Diego, California <DT><A HREF="http://www.phillynews.com/"><EM>Philadelphia Inquirer</EM></A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.sjmercury.com/"><EM>San Jose Mercury News</EM></A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.ja.net/newsfiles/janinfo/cert/Bellovin/TCP-IP_Security_Problems.html">Source routing</A> <DT><A HREF="../../coverage/tsu-post.html">Tsutomu's post</A> <DT><A HREF="http://oingomth.uwc.edu/inetguide/Zen/zen-1.0_5.html#SEC31">Usenet</A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/"><EM>USA Today</EM></A> <DT><A HREF="http://www.wsj.com/"><EM>The Wall Street Journal</EM></A> </DL> </DD> </TD> </DL> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <HR> <P> <SMALL> Copyright &copy 1995 <A HREF="http://www.fish.com/vf/">Vicious Fishes Web Design</A> and <A HREF="http://www.Delux.Com/">Dan Meriwether</A>.<BR> All rights reserved. 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