hi list, so i've done some investigating. wu-ftpd-2.6.0-security.patch is indeed the functional equivalent of lreply-buffer-overflow.patch, which addresses the exploit for wu-ftpd that was published on june 22, 2000. this appears to be the only major security problem and fix since october of 1999. see http://www.wu-ftpd.org/ for more info. so the rpm from 5.2 updates i'm guessing is secure from this vulnerability, just as the rpm from 6.2 updates, and the rpms from 7.0. in fact, for more info, the 5.2 update and the 6.2 update for wu-ftpd were both released on the same day (june 23, 2000) and addressed this same issue. respective page: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039-02.html guess i should've just checked that stuff in the first place. anyway, thanks all for your suggestions and other info. -- Regards ph:5099025 RaghuNath L pager:9624395369 WSS-Team,Texas Instruments. You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!!! ---------------------------------------------- An alpha version of a web based tool to manage your subscription with this mailing list is at http://lists.linux-india.org/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr
