Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:24:48 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: rotel@indigo.ie Cc: Studded <Studded@dal.net>, Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat exploit Message-ID: <18489.905466288@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:21:04 -0000." <199809102121.WAA01790@indigo.ie>
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> to this problem. The issue is that the terminal emulator doesn't > have an option to disable the features which are dangerous (which > should be disabled by default). This is a subtle attack which can I think most people have gotten used to that fact over the 15+ years where actual terminals which did this were no less dangerous. I sure did. Geeze, the kids these days - no perspective at all! :-) > Perhaps someone will now be prompted to make the necessary changes. :) Somehow, I doubt it. This is the kind of issue which people are willing to whine about but seldom act upon. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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