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From: maruishi@best.com
Subject: ppp hack ?
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I am running FreeBSD version 2.1.5

A friend of mine said that there is some type of exploit
having to do with ppp which allows the "cracker" to gain root.

Does anyone know about this?

Should I upgrade my current version of FreeBSD and/or apply 
any patches?

Thank you for your time.

--David