From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Apr 12 18: 3:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C99D37B611 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 18:03:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA18176; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 21:01:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 21:01:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Will Andrews Cc: "Matt M." , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lynx build issue In-Reply-To: <20000412121917.A397@argon.blackdawn.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 06:39:42AM -0700, Matt M. wrote: > > Just wondering when this will be fixed, and what's causing it. This has been > > an issue for a few days, even after cvsuping ports a few times. > > > > When i try to build, i get: > > > > ===> lynx-2.8.2rel.1 is forbidden: Riddled with buffer overflows > > exploitable by a malicious server to execute code as the local user.. > > Obviously, not until the Lynx people clean up their act and get rid of the > buffer overflows. This has been in the ports tree for several weeks, and > the ports went into 4.0-RELEASE marked FORBIDDEN like this. > > I highly suggest using a different console browser, such as w3m. Out of curiosity, why? Has w3m been cleared of buffer overflows? In fact, has *any* browser been so cleared of security problems? Have you looked at w3m lately? It's got some very nice features, but as a general purpose browser? No .... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message