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Date:      Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:41:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Steve Reid <sreid@alpha.sea-to-sky.net>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cat exploit 
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.iB1.0.980911122720.9437B-100000@alpha.sea-to-sky.net>
In-Reply-To: <18171.905461424@time.cdrom.com>

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On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 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. 

Are ftp, telnet, rlogin, rsh, and ssh safe? What about pine, elm, mutt,
mh, biff, etc? 

Does every program that displays data from an untrusted system have the
necessary protections against terminal bombs?



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