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...me, the connection becomes frozen causing possible expolit problems . For example [root at portal ~] users root [root at portal ~] uptime -u (used to show how many users the box believes is logged on) 2 Users [root at portal ~] In theory this trapped connection can and has proven to be used for expolits as if the correct packet is sent to the box, using gathered information of course. the attacker becomes assumed by the local host thru a remote host and appears to be authenticated allowing executions based on the level of permission the frozen login has The example of this is: root being the froz...