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Date:      Thu, 31 Aug 1995 14:37:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        peter@haywire.dialix.com (Peter Wemm)
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Eric Allman's syslog.c fixes
Message-ID:  <199508312137.OAA12750@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <42548i$agm$1@haywire.DIALix.COM> from "Peter Wemm" at Sep 1, 95 03:58:10 am

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> 
> Eric Allman is running a new syslog.c through the mill at the
> moment. It'll be the one published in the RSN CERT advisory I presume.
> 
> It's thought to be bomproof on 4.4BSD systems (it uses vsnprintf), and
> the only holdup is portability to other OS's.
> 
> I keep a pretty close eye on this area, as it's sendmail related.  Is
> it worth bringing in the currently 'endorsed' version, and updating it
> to the CERT version if there are any changes later?

Yes, that would give Eric additional test data and eyes looking at
the solution.

-- 
Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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