FYI.. Shourya -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITYFOCUS.COM: XFREE86 XSERVER DENIAL OF SERVICE VULNERABILITY "A denial of service exists in XFree86 3.3.5, 3.3.6 and 4.0. A remote user can send a malformed packet to the TCP listening port, 6000, which will cause the X server to be unresponsive for some period of time. During this time, the keyboard will not respond to user input, and in some cases, the mouse will also not respond. During this time period, the X server will utilize 100% of the CPU, and can only be repaired by being signaled. This vulnerability exists only in servers compiled with the XCSECURITY #define set." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.securityfocus.com/vdb/bottom.html?section=discussion&vid=1235 _______________________________________________ "Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand." -Anon. _______________________________________________ Shourya Sarcar Department of Computer Science and Engineering Jadavpur University Calcutta India 700032 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 91-33-4710477 Residence : 364/3 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road Calcutta , India 700 047 _______________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
