Craig Small wrote:
>
> I got this bug from a Debian user. I'm not sure how insecure having
> things the way they are is, but being able to specify what interfaces to
> listen on is pretty standard on most daemons and kinda neat.
Why not use the lpd.perms file?
/J
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Manel Marin -----
> lprng listens on all interfaces
>
> This is a safety risk!
>
> I have not seen the way of restrict interfaces to e.g.: 127.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.1
> as it can be done with other major daemons (named, apache, postfix, samba)
> with options like "listen on", "bind", or "interface"
>
> When using lprng at home without firewall (most common setup with newbies)
> lprng is active in internet interface waiting the next exploit to appear :-(
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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