Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 02:34:52 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Dima Ruban <dima@best.net> Cc: "Jan B. Koum" <jkb@best.com>, peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSH vsprintf patch. (You've been warned Mr. Glass) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811020233260.17054-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <199811020647.WAA25893@burka.rdy.com>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Dima Ruban wrote: > Let me ask you this. Would you trust a packet that came from > non-priviledged port and which wants to do something that even > remotely should be secure? The concept of 'secure port' is somewhat dated in this age of NT and Linux lusers. The bar for entry onto the net is quite a bit lower than it was 10 years ago. Trusting a 'secure port' is a good way to let someone else shoot you in the foot. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | 78 280Z | 75 164E | 84 245DL | FreeBSD/NetBSD/Sprite/VMS | | winter@jurai.net | This Space For Rent | ix86,sparc,m68k,pmax,vax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | Are you k-rad elite enough for my webpage? | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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