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Date:      Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:51:36 -0800
From:      "Eric" <swive@getnet.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: security patching
Message-ID:  <LJEKLADNACECPPOMAFPHKEFECAAA.swive@getnet.com>

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>There shouldn't be any "holes" on your system;  Have you
>found one or some, or do you suspect that some exist?  You can close a lot
>of ports using /etc/inetd.conf and being wary about which daemons and
>binaries happen to be running at any given time.  Hope this helps,


I am not a coder, I just read the papers.  But what about the recent zlib
problem; the tainted code is tremendously widespread as I understand it.
Also, was there not a stdio problem recently?  And there are others that
permit local or remote root comprimise.

vberic


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