Re: [LIH] "Linux VIRUS!!!"

[Syed Khader Vali]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Devdas Bhagat wrote:

> BZZZZZZZT, thank you for playing.
> A one byte buffer exploit was discovered int OpenBSD's ftpd code this 
> year. Its on Bugtraq.
> The Linux port is not affected, and the OpenBSD site does not make that 
> claim of three years any longer.

BZZZZZZZZ, Thank you for playing the game. You have been exterminated.
:-) Well, I dunno about the exploit in the Code, but OpenBSD site does
make the claim of three years still. 
The message verbatim 
"Three years without a remote hole in the default install!"

Regards
                Carter
-- 
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Syed Khader Vali (Siddiq)                               - Debian GNU/Linux. 
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