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To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
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Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 
In-Reply-To: Message from Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> 
   of "Mon, 02 Oct 2000 12:18:25 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20001002113441.04932240@localhost> 
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 12:14:40 -0700
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From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
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> I've received LOTS of anonymous FTP login attempts on the FreeBSD boxen
> I administer, and have been wondering why. Perhaps this message explains
> it! The below works on all 2.x versions of FreeBSD, and in the 3.x branch 
> up until at least 3.4-RELEASE (maybe later).

That's the client crashing, you knob.  Read the advisories more closely.
What linux ftp clients do is not all that urgent a concern of ours.

- Jordan


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