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[linux-security] Is there a final word on the current RESOLV_HOST_CONF hole?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Haar)
Wed Sep 4 02:37:13 1996

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:57:17 +0100 (BST)
From: Jason Haar <jason@oit.co.uk>
Reply-To: Jason Haar <jason@oit.co.uk>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu


Says it all really.

I've been waiting for a real patch to libc that fixes this  - but none are
yet forthcoming. Is anything known to be in the pipeline, or should I just
recompile libc to stop writing the offending lines?

Cheers,
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Jason Haar, Unix/Internet Manager
OiT, Oxford. Phone:  +44 1865 785051

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