Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 15:56:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: wollman@lcs.mit.edu, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961031155558.8545M-100000@quagmire.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199610311823.LAA25640@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > He is also the principle author (apparently) of IMAP4, a highly > > > desirable piece of software for anyone with a 1995 or later mail > > > client. > > Agreed...which is why I brought this whole discussion into here... > > > > From what Mark has said, about the only way I can think of for > > getting this *obvious* security bug fixed is to, either: > > [ ... ] > > > IMHO...what having .lock locking capabilities in IMAP4 is > > doing is encouraging system administrators to use NFS mounted mail > > spools, instead of *teaching* system administrators to *not* setup > > their systems that way... > > Or publicize the denial of service attack in the news groups where > IMAP4 is discussed and hope someone uses it. > Very nasty :) Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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