DHCP clients & Option 121
by business_kid from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6MMSN)
There's some exploit that's been out there a long time but only noticed recently - Er, This one which uses option 121 on dhcp clients. Now I gather it's difficult Quote:
In the case of Slackware's chosen dhcp servers, how vulnerable are Slackware users? It's not like I'm in the Secret Service, I'm just curious.
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