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Linux is a very popular hackers OS as shown by the sheer number of 'distributions' of it.
A distribution is created when a cabal of hackers get together and decide to make their own custom version of Linux. Each so-called 'distro' comes with various tools depending on the interests of the hackers that created it. Among the more popular hacker distros are GNU/RedHat, Corel and Mandrake. A much lesser known and slower to evolve distro is FreeBSD whos mascot is Satan. And now they have released a new version. This distro is just as dangerous as any other version of Linux, if not more so. Included in FreeBSD 4.5 are many features a hacker would want. The most lethal of these has to be the inclusion of so-called "SYN-cookies" by default. TCP/IP uses a three stage handshake modelled after the holy trinity. Rather than being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit TCP/IP uses the SYN, the SYN/ACK and the ACK but the end effect is the same. The SYN-Cookie has been discussed by many security experts on the Internet and it's horrible consequences are well understood. They are regarded as being much worse than Raw Sockets by many in the field as they allow hackers to steal your cookie. The SYN packet normally has nothing to do with cookies, but the GNU/Hippies at FreeBSD have hacked the protocol to include cookie stealing code in the SYN packet. Any hacker using FreeBSD can use this to steal innocent Internet users cookie, which often contain credit card numbers. Therefore, right thinking people should rise up against this evil hacker GNU/Linux tool before the Internet becomes an even more unsafe place. |