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Date:      Fri, 22 Nov 1996 20:15:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Has anybody addressed this "ping" problem?  Is it even an issue with FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.961122201353.9350f-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.961122195935.5812A-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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Actually, it says that NetBSD may be vulnerable, and doesn't specifically
list the 2.2 or -current branches of FreeBSD.

Given 4.4-lite integration, and the possibility the NetBSD was vulnerable,
I felt it prudent to ask.

On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Tom Samplonius wrote:

> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 20:06:21 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Has anybody addressed this "ping" problem?  Is it even an issue with FreeBSD?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Jaye Mathisen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.sophist.demon.co.uk/ping/
> > 
> > 
> 
>   I believe that the page you are referring to says that FreeBSD is safe,
> but it is unreachable right now.  But you know that already, because you
> read it before referring it, right?
> 
>   The BSD codebase has always been free of this bug (well I can't actually
> speak about pre-4.3 versions, but I doubt any still exist).
> 
> Tom
> 




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