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Date:      Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:44:18 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        tom@uniserve.com (Tom)
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, dg@root.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Should FreeBSD-3.0 ship with RFC 1644 (T/TCP) turned off by
Message-ID:  <199809081644.JAA27443@usr07.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980906113956.14431A-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> from "Tom" at Sep 6, 98 11:41:23 am

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> > > >  Ugh... really?  I use Livingston Portmaster's and FreeBSD heavily.
> > > >
> > > >  Be aware that (depending on the model) Portmasters have had a long
> > > >history, and some sites are still running 4 year old firmware on them.
> > > >Always get the ComOS version.
> > > 
> > >    Terry's assertion about the Livingston being broken is the first I've
> > > seen. Previously all of the reports of brokeness were with Annex terminal
> > > servers.
> > 
> > You should subscribe to the portmaste-users list.
> 
>   I'm on it.
> 
> > Basically, if you are running old code, you are at risk.
> 
>   What is old code?

Code with the bug.  8-).

> You stated before that all Portmasters were affected.

Not *all* Portmasters, *old* Portmasters.

>   I've never heard that _any_ version of ComOS has problems with TCP
> extensions is affected actually.

1)	Load an old version of the firmware.

2)	Enable TCP extensions in FreeBSD.

3)	Attempt to contact hosts connected through the Portmaster.

I believe Annex (D?) terminal servers also had problems.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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