Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:52:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: jamie rishaw <jamie@playboy.com>, <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 local root Message-ID: <20010712155151.H77631-100000@awww.jeah.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010712162317.0326d510@marble.sentex.ca>
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 03:13 PM 7/12/01 -0500, jamie rishaw wrote: > >Patch your systems. Maintain security. > > I guess what some people want to do is to make sure the patch worked. i.e. > test before and after. > > >Dont add untrusted users. > > Not always possible.... e.g. an ISP shell server. Indeed. I had a user today try and use the exploit. Too bad for him that we upgraded to the latest -stable last night. It's an unfortunate world we live in. Chris Byrnes, Managing Member JEAH Communications, LLC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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