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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:56:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: jbutt@mwci.net
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Subject: Re: Land DOS Attack.
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On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 jbutt@subcellar.mwci.net wrote:

> 	Does anyone here know for sure it 2.2.2-RELEASE is vulnrable to the 
> land.c DOS attack? It so is there a patch?

I believe so.  In any case a "quick fix hack" has been committed to
-CURRENT and -STABLE.  A security advisory should follow shortly.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major