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CDR: TCP wrapper replaced w/ Trojan [/.]

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Fri Jan 22 11:43:32 1999

From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:27:25 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>


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X-URL: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-01-Trojan-TCP-Wrappers.html

CERTŪ Advisory CA-99-01-Trojan-TCP-Wrappers

   Original issue date: January 21, 1999
   
Topic: Trojan horse version of TCP Wrappers
     _________________________________________________________________
   
   The CERT Coordination Center has received confirmation that some
   copies of the source code for the TCP Wrappers tool (tcpd) were
   modified by an intruder and contain a Trojan horse.
   
   We strongly encourage sites running the TCP Wrappers tool to
   immediately verify the integrity of their distribution.
     _________________________________________________________________
   
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----- End of forwarded message from Jim Choate -----


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