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From: "M. Schulte" <m-freebsd@fuglos.org>
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Subject: Re: Recent security announcement and csup/cvsup?
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Hi,

> Can someone explain why the cvsup/csup infrastructure is considered
> insecure [...]

Speaking of cvsup security -- correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I
know cvsup is generally vulnerable to man-in-the-attacks[0]. Hence I'd
be very happy about more and more people moving over to the portsnap
camp.

Best,
mel

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsnap
     http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/stable/2003-11/0287.html