DJ Lucas wrote these words on 08/28/05 00:43 CST:

> 3 seconds to really slow down a brute force attack.  Yeah sure, that 3
> seconds is really gonna hurt...anyway, Linux_PAM-0.80 is fixed now WRT
> the segfault issue with shadow's su.  shadow-4.0.12 seems to work as
> expected.  I think LFS is in good shape as to gcc-4.0.1.  There is one
> other patch mentioned over on Greg's DIY-Dev list that should probably
> be looked at.  Take a look at the link in the patch header.  This looks
> to be an icky little bug; difficult to track down if I followed
> correctly, but I have not yet seen the issue first hand.

>From what I can tell from the information you provided (following all
relevant links), this is a tough bug to follow. I stopped reading
when it was starting to dwell on the specs of ISO standards.

I'd sure like to see something that explains it a bit easier.

-- 
Randy

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