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Re: SUN almost has a clue! (automountd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andreas Bogk)
Tue Jan 5 13:36:54 1999

Date: 	Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:41:19 +0100
Reply-To: Andreas Bogk <ich@ANDREAS.ORG>
From: Andreas Bogk <ich@ANDREAS.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To:  <6BC5E520D4A4D11184A200A0C99D8FBE0241FF3B@ca-exchange1.nai.com>;
              from Friedrichs, Oliver on Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 05:38:46PM -0800

On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 05:38:46PM -0800, Friedrichs, Oliver wrote:
> It was never publicly noted, since the problem hasn't been fixed
> yet (and as a security company, we aren't in the habit of
> disclosing bugs which aren't fixed), however many people knew

And all the script kiddies out there are probably very grateful for
that. Experience shows that vendors don't move unless the bug is
disclosed.

Andreas

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abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when
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                -- Tom Cargil, C++ Journal.

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