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Date:      Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:28:23 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why is there no info on the QPOPPER hack?
Message-ID:  <199807211928.NAA15499@lariat.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980721110446.1666H-100000@mercury.jorsm.com >
References:  <199807202352.RAA27271@lariat.lariat.org>

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At 11:18 AM 7/21/98 -0500, Jeremy Shaffner wrote:
 
>How does "have been potentially" work?

It means they're wide open and ready to be hacked. NOW.
 
>Pardon my ignorance, since I haven't used CVS, but isn't that what the
>"ports" are? A skeleton with the necessary patches and a Makefile that
>fetches the distfile if you don't already have it?  Like I said before,
>Jordan had an updated -stable port the same day.

New holes are still being found in Qualcomm's THIRD update.

>And if you get that new
>port by downloading it manually, or by letting CVSup do it
>"Automagically" does it really matter?  It's the same either way.

Not if you don't get word before you're hit.

--Brett

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