Re: Request for comments: new `lpd' suite feature

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 16:46:58 -0400, Christopher Masto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> Huh?  Security through ignorance?

Remember that `lpr' is setuid-root and uses a ``privileged'' port for
its communications.  Many sites may still be using trusted-host
``authentication'' internally, and LPRng's ``feature'' may enable a
compromise of some such service.  (Got enough scare quotes there?)

-GAWollman



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