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Date:      Sun, 19 Aug 2001 04:49:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matt Heckaman <matt@LUCIDA.CA>
To:        Adam Tuttle <adamtuttle@sympatico.ca>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Rooted
Message-ID:  <20010819044547.K84927-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>
In-Reply-To: <000f01c1286d$18df05a0$a38de440@Tracey>

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On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Adam Tuttle wrote:

: My box recently got rooted by a user on mIRC, they said it was because
: telnet was to old, where can I get a new version of telnet? Also where
: can i find patches for security on my box.

<nitpick>
mIRC is a CLIENT, not the whole thing. The proper thing to call it is IRC
</nitpick>

You should follow FreeBSD security advisories and always apply the patches
that come out with them. You can sign up for the security advisory mailing
list, instructions for this can be found on the web page.  Until then, go
browse through ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/, this is where all
of the advisories and patches are kept. Read through them and apply the
ones that are relevent for your system!

HTH,
Matt

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