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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:51:34 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Albert Meyer <freebsd@realtime.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail exploit
Message-ID:  <16008.32806.270326.501687@emerger.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20030331103102.04fd5770@pop3.realtime.net>
References:  <5.1.1.6.2.20030331103102.04fd5770@pop3.realtime.net>

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> The CERT advisory on the new Sendmail exploit seems to be saying that 
> Sendmail machines behind a firewall can still be exploited.

If I understand things correctly, if you allow your machine to connect
to outside boxes through the firewall, then it can be exploited, since
it will initiate connections to external boxes that can use the
connection to do bad things to your box.



Nate



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