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Date:      Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:47:56 +0000 ()
From:      Victor Rotanov <vitjok@fasts.lv>
To:        Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: unofficial rlogin security patch 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960724224208.1446A-100000@server.fasts.lv>
In-Reply-To: <7556.838237326@orion.webspan.net>

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Hello Gary.

On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:

> Victor Rotanov wrote in message ID
> <Pine.BSF.3.91.960724215007.1220A-100000@server.fasts.lv>:
> > 
> > Hello.
> > 
> > Here's the patch:
> 
> What exactly is this meant to do, pray tell?

This will not allow buffer overrun caused by setting TERM environment 
variable to something longer than 1024 bytes.

> 
> Gary
> --
> Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
> FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
> 

Thanks,
	vitjok.




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