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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:03:08 -0600
From:      Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>
To:        Ted Cabeen <secabeen@pobox.com>
Cc:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hogwash 
Message-ID:  <200206250203.g5P238LJ002003@cvs.openbsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "24 Jun 2002 19:00:13 PDT." <87sn3c6rte.fsf@gray.impulse.net> 

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> I for one, appreciate the early notification.  It allows me to upgrade
> or firewall important machines.  That said, the initial warning was a
> little vague.  Something that was clearer yet still provided little
> information to the blackhats would have been better.  In particular, I
> would have liked a more clear statement of the severity of the
> problem.  From the original email it's not clear if the vulnerability
> is root or user level, and whether or not it has been successfully
> exploited yet.  Of course, it's possible that when the message was
> written, that wasn't known yet, and if so then fine.  Regardless, I
> hope that you will post further updates as you learn more about the
> extent of the problem.

I'm not giving away any hints.  Assume the worst and do the upgrade,
and if you dislike the way I handled this, don't buy me that beer
later.

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