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Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-14.UNIX.SCO-prwarn.12-Nov-1994
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Strickland)
Wed Nov 30 23:04:25 1994
From: Karl Strickland <karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk>
To: Pat Myrto <rwing!pat@ole.cdac.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 01:02:40 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net, spaf@cs.purdue.edu
In-Reply-To: <9411300750.AA12824@rwing.UUCP> from "Pat Myrto" at Nov 29, 94 11:50:30 pm
In chapter 17, Pat claimed:
> What really pulled my chain especially about the 8lgm posts is the facts
> for binmail, there was no mention of the numerous fixes using mail_local
> - whether they were or were not vulnerable to the latest condition.
> THAT is one aspect that made it especially worthless. Many folks have
Quoting from [8lgm]-Advisory-15.UNIX.mail3.28-Nov-1994
2. The current patch for binmail(1) is the most secure fix
available from Sun, so is recommended for use. If your system
is using a port of BSDs mail.local, we recommend continuing the
use of this.
Maybe next time you could try reading it before you post. Mails telling
me to 'drop dead' serve no useful purpose either.
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