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Re: [linux-security] Bounds checking problem, apparently with libc >5.0.0 <5.3.9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Synthesizer Punk)
Sat May 11 12:31:19 1996
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:19:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Synthesizer Punk <lharring@tessier.com>
To: lilo <TaRDiS@mail.utexas.edu>
cc: Linux Security List <linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19960509171643.5568.qmail@Mail.UTexas.EDU>
On Thu, 9 May 1996, lilo wrote:
> Um, anyone who has to do /ignore * ctcp probably needs to upgrade their
> client, since ctcp functions are fairly handy things. But that's a separate
> issue for another time, and probably another venue....
/ignore * ctcp isn't always the best way to solve it, but if you are
being attacked before you have a chance to upgrade libc or compile a new
ircII client, it's a good sheild against repetetive abusers.
