Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 00:32:12 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> To: dima@best.net Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSH vsprintf patch. (You've been warned Mr. Glass) Message-ID: <199811020832.AAA15786@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> In-Reply-To: <199811020647.WAA25893@burka.rdy.com>
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dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) writes: > 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? No. Same as for a packet that came from a privileged port. A packet's source port is a pretty weak authenticator, to coin an understatement. Jim Shankland NLynx Systems, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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