Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:22:41 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The 99,999-bug question: Why can you execute from the stack? Message-ID: <199807212229.QAA18807@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199807212210.XAA02709@indigo.ie> References: <8496.900909928@time.cdrom.com> <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 11:10 PM 7/21/98 +0000, Niall Smart wrote: >Auditing isn't the answer to programs which have been maldesigned >and malimplemented right from the very beginning, rm is. Sometimes >programs reach a point of no return, at which the only sensible >thing to do is start again with the benefit of experience. Sendmail >and QMail are good examples of the former and latter. Fortunately, now that UUCP mail addressing, BITNET, etc. have been so thoroughly deprecated, there's no real need for a mail router that translates addresses -- the primary purpose of Sendmail. Something much simpler will do now. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199807212229.QAA18807>