From owner-freebsd-security Thu Sep 10 12:09:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01209 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:09:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01197 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:09:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA22396; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:22:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <35F818CA.8647A116@dal.net> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:22:02 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0905 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca> CC: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat exploit References: <199809101614.NAA07518@dragon.acadiau.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Michael Richards wrote: > > Hi. > > Is it just me or did everyone miss the point of Jay's message? It seems to me that a lot of people missed the point of one of the warnings that someone else posted in response actually. Don't use cat routinely to view files. Use more, or better yet less since less doesn't view binary files by default. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** "Yes, the president should resign. He has lied to the American people, time and time again, and betrayed their trust. He is no longer an effective leader. Since he has admitted guilt, there is no reason to put the American people through an impeachment. He will serve absolutely no purpose in finishing out his term; the only possible solution is for the president to save some dignity and resign." - William Jefferson Clinton, 1974 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message