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Date:      Sun, 16 Jul 1995 11:55:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        peter@freefall.cdrom.com (Peter Wemm)
Cc:        CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-lib@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net rcmd.c
Message-ID:  <199507161855.LAA09011@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199507161704.KAA00740@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Peter Wemm" at Jul 16, 95 10:04:08 am

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> peter       95/07/16 10:04:04
> 
>   Modified:    lib/libc/net  rcmd.c
>   Log:
>   Slight adjustment to previous fix for __ivaliduser().  It was checking for
>   the comment before checking for long lines, so there was a possibility
>   that the wrap-around might be used as an exploitable hostname.

rcmd.c is security related code, please have changes reviewed by 1 or 2
others to prevent this type of mistake.  Thanks for spotting and fixing
this one!


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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
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