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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 1996 23:51:25 -0600 (CST)
From:      mailing list account <lists@argus.flash.net>
To:        terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: streams
Message-ID:  <199601230551.XAA00746@argus.flash.net>
In-Reply-To: <199601221813.LAA15509@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 22, 96 11:13:09 am

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> It's interesting to note that the more recent versions of Solaris have
> bypassed much of this and places telnetd/rlogind functionality directly
> in the kernel a kernel threads.

With Sun's record of IGNORING CERT's and other advisories, this in itself is
yet one more reason that Sun is to be avoided on the grounds of security.
If they are not likely to change a daemon to prevent unauthorized access, I see
it as even less likely they will change the kernel in those cases...

Jim
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