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Date:      Sat, 14 Sep 2002 23:47:52 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bash2
Message-ID:  <20020914134752.GD69776@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <20020914100207.GA87001@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
References:  <20020912043831.GB69776@k7.mavetju> <200209132223.g8DMNt1a027966@dt.home> <20020914015417.GA1692@gforce.johnson.home> <20020914100207.GA87001@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>

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On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 06:02:07AM -0400, Alan E wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 08:54:17PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 08:23:55AM +1000, Tony Maher wrote:
> >> > > Is anyone able to build bash2?  I have not been able to retrieve
> >> > > the bash205b-003 patch file for several days.
> >>
> >> I also could not connect but have traced this to the fact that
> >> ftp.cwru.edu tries to used ident.
> >> 
> >> Adding 'reset log logamount 100 tcp from any to any 113 in recv rl0'
> >> to my firewall rules and I can now get the patches.
> >
> 
> I think it's an unfair imposition to require a security configurtion
> change in my firewall to build a port. Could these patches be also
> hosted on a freebsd.org machine?

If _your_ host doesn't follow the normal rules of the IP network
(i.e. if you send a packet to a port which doesn't have a service
bound to it, you send a TCP reset packet) and something goes wrong
because of it, it is _you_ who has a problem, not the other side.

Edwin
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