Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:03:44 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Aleph One <aleph1@dfw.net> Cc: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat exploit Message-ID: <18171.905461424@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:01:32 CDT." <Pine.SUN.4.01.9809101458470.13293-100000@dfw.nationwide.net>
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> Whoa! If you dont know the contents of a file dont read it. If you dont > read a file you dont know its contents. Thats some really useful > suggestion. Only because you didn't actually read my message, you just fired off a knee-jerk response. Again, what I actually said was "don't blindly cat it to your screen" which is a perfectly valid point. If you want something which protects you, use more or less as many others have suggested. If you don't want something which protects you then why are we even having this discussion? Those who deliberately wish to inflict pain on themselves can find it in a wide variety of areas. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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