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Date:      18 Aug 1998 09:35:32 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca (Michael Richards), chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why don't winblows program have buffer overruns?
Message-ID:  <xzphfzau4hn.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Brett Glass's message of "Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:50:04 -0600"
References:  <Brett Glass's message of "Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:36:30 -0600">  <199808170244.UAA18362@lariat.lariat.org> <199808171851.MAA24710@lariat.lariat.org>

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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> writes:
> At 06:30 PM 8/17/98 +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote:
> >This is getting off-topic, but the bug is in the TCP/IP stack, not the
> >NetBIOS code. The only reason WinNuke uses port 139 (the netbios-ssn
> >port) is that you're pretty sure there'll be someone listening there.
> I don't turn on NetBIOS on any Windows machine I use or administer. In
> fact, about the only thing they'll respond to is a ping.

You're not an average Winblows luser.

Now let's please keep this thread off security.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no

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