Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:39:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The 99,999-bug question: Why can you execute from the stack? Message-ID: <199807220039.RAA24040@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199807212229.QAA18807@lariat.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "Jul 21, 98 04:22:41 pm"
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Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:10 PM 7/21/98 +0000, Niall Smart wrote: > > >Auditing isn't the answer to programs which have been maldesigned > >and malimplemented right from the very beginning, rm is. Sometimes > >programs reach a point of no return, at which the only sensible > >thing to do is start again with the benefit of experience. Sendmail > >and QMail are good examples of the former and latter. > > Fortunately, now that UUCP mail addressing, BITNET, etc. have been so > thoroughly deprecated, there's no real need for a mail router that > translates addresses -- the primary purpose of Sendmail. Something much > simpler will do now. VMailer from Wietse Venema. now in alpah, beta should be available later this year. if you read chat, you are using it already. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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