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[Fwd: [Bay-ISP Announce] Versalar X6.0.1 (X15.0.1) UNIX and NT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Thomas)
Sun Sep 13 02:58:30 1998
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 14:29:15 +1000
Reply-To: Robert Thomas <rob@RPI.NET.AU>
From: Robert Thomas <rob@RPI.NET.AU>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Just in on the Bay ISP list:
[snip]
> Version X6.0.1 of the Remote Access Concentrator software has been released by
> Nortel Bay Networks Sustaining Engineering.
> The following components comprise X6.0.1:
[snip]
> CR.79535: * The annex no longer crashes with 'Panic: mtod' in CLI. A
> check for a limit of 128 characters for username was added.
> [load image fix]
[snip]
> CR.80603: * The problem of the Annex locking up when someone assumed the
> identity of the Annex's loopback address (127.0.0.1) is
> now fixed. The code now checks to see if the destination
> address is the same as source address, or if it is the
> loopback address. This fix also includes protection
> against LAND Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. [load image fix]
I suggest anyone running Xylogics (Bay (Nortel!)) Terminal Servers contact
their local Technical Services group for information on these patches.
--Rob Thomas
RP Internet Services
