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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dom Mitchell)
Wed Jan 27 18:33:10 1999
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 18:51:58 +0000
Reply-To: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@PALMERHARVEY.CO.UK>
From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@PALMERHARVEY.CO.UK>
X-To: lamontg@raven.genome.washington.edu
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: MAILsweeper's message of "26 Jan 1999 17:27:48 GMT"
<E105CXn-0000Rw-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>
On 26 January 1999, lamontg proclaimed:
> I also successfully exploited /usr/bin/mh/inc in DU4.0D with patch kit #2.
Anybody who is still using MH should pass over to nmh, which is
maintained.
http://www.math.gatech.edu/nmh/
As to whether it is more secure, I cannot say, but if you produce
patches, you will stand a far better chance of having them integrated
into the distribution.
--
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator
``Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.''
-- Henry Spencer
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