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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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