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Re: finger @ bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Briggs)
Tue Mar 14 13:17:40 1995
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 08:38:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Thomas Briggs <tbriggs@cutter.ship.edu>
To: Rafal Maszkowski <rzm@oso.chalmers.se>
cc: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <9503140123.AA08850@oden.oso.chalmers.se>
I think, at least from a little experimenting, that the true GNU fingerd
is safe from this... maybe Linux could use it?
I tried the finger bug at a school that uses GNU finger exclusively, and
it won't letcha through...
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|Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | loaded i486-33 machine ever made.
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