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Date:      Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:47:38 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        John Dowdal <jdowdal@destiny.erols.com>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, dg@root.com, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The 99,999-bug question: Why can you execute from the  stack? 
Message-ID:  <199807200447.WAA09638@lariat.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720002955.27306A-100000@destiny.erols.com >
References:  <199807200140.TAA06705@lariat.lariat.org>

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At 12:30 AM 7/20/98 -0400, John Dowdal wrote:
 
>As a seasoned assembly language programmer, you should understand the
>subject of "backup" quite well.  

And so I do. But when you're caught between backups, and don't discover
the break-in right away, it's not that straightforward to restore the
system. And restoring it also re-opens security holes.

--Brett 

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