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Date:      Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:05:06 -0500 (EST)
From:      Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-SECURITY <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Security Update Tool..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012152004010.31887-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20001215162222.P19572@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
...
: If you just asked someone if your version of wu-ftpd is safe or not,
: and they know the source IP... can you trust them? :)

Maybe yes, maybe no; however if you're running a vulnerable daemon, it's
quite moot since the mass-ip-block-scanning script kiddies will find it
within a week anyways. :)

* Matt Heckaman   - mailto:matt@lucida.qc.ca  http://www.lucida.qc.ca/ *
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