StaticUsers.net – Modem Security Flaws
Information
A lot of this information was gathered from other sources on the Internet. This flaw is old. Just not well publicized. Now that it is, we can cover it a little more and explain why it happens, and what damage it can cause. This is a Denial of Service attack in most cases. There are a lot of scripts out there to execute this DoS attack. So watch out.
A excellent source for more information is the Macintouch ModemSecurity Page.
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This effects more than Macintosh Modems. Linux dialup users have seen this …