From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 19 06:07:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA12372 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 06:07:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tad.cetlink.net (ns1.cetlink.net [206.31.104.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA12366 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 06:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jeff@localhost) by tad.cetlink.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA27015; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:07:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeffrey Wheat Message-Id: <199606191307.JAA27015@tad.cetlink.net> Subject: Re: Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions for FreeBSD To: black@MR.Net (Ben Black) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:07:49 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199606181739.MAA10869@galileo.mr.net> from "Ben Black" at Jun 18, 96 12:39:15 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Ben Black's email > > > > In reply to Stephen Hovey's email > > > Frontpage opens a great big hol in security. I wont touch it. > > > > Frontpage opens a big security hole if you do not follow the installation > > notes to the letter. > > > Actually, it does that no matter what. Read those directions carefully, then > rm the whole mess. If you could please elaborate on the security issues relating to the extensions I would be very interested in knowing more. Please reply directly to me if this is something that should not be posted publicly. For instance, if you can show me how to exploit these holes... My company has a relationship with the MS developers. I would be able to see how to solve these issues. Many thanks! Regards, Jeff