[OT] Security hole in PuTTY (Windows ssh client)

2004-08-16 Thread stheg olloydson
Hello, Sorry for the completely OT post, but I saw two mentions of PuTTY in one day on the list and assume it must be a popular piece of Windows software. The SANS Institute @Risk newsletter dated 8AUG04 contains the following item regarding PuTTY: 04.31.4 CVE: Not Available Platform: Third

Re: [OT] Security hole in PuTTY (Windows ssh client)

2004-08-16 Thread Jay O'Brien
stheg olloydson wrote: Hello, Sorry for the completely OT post, but I saw two mentions of PuTTY in one day on the list and assume it must be a popular piece of Windows software. The SANS Institute @Risk newsletter dated 8AUG04 contains the following item regarding PuTTY: 04.31.4 CVE: Not

Re: [OT] Security hole in PuTTY (Windows ssh client)

2004-08-16 Thread Joshua Tinnin
On Monday 16 August 2004 03:52 pm, stheg olloydson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Sorry for the completely OT post, but I saw two mentions of PuTTY in one day on the list and assume it must be a popular piece of Windows software. It is written for *nix and win32, and it has an MIT license.

Re: [OT] Security hole in PuTTY (Windows ssh client)

2004-08-16 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: I think what you are saying is that if you use PuTTY as a client application that you should be concerned about what server you connect to? From what you are saying, I suspect that if the only use is to connect to your own (FreeBSD) server, you are probably ok? Jay O'Brien