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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:32:44 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Adrian Penisoara <ady@warpnet.ro>
To:        Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        Matt Behrens <matt@megaweapon.zigg.com>, imap-uw@freebsd.ady.ro, FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: imap-uw security hole -- please update port
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980716182054.3069A-100000@ady.warpnet.ro>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980716100820.23260C-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>

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Hi,

On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Steve Price wrote:

> Hey, I won't worry if Matt doesn't. :)  If we don't install

 I'd still worry if Matty was happy and the sources were
security-compromising... :)

> the imap tools does that satisfy your requirements Matt or
> are you expecting them to be installed as part of pine4?

 Pine 3.96 & Pine 4.00 install only c-client library, pico (the Editor),
Pilot (the file Browser) and Pine (the MUA); I believe this is what the
average user expects -- if someone wants the mail daemons (ipop2d, ipop3d,
imapd) then they will happily be served by the imap-uw port :)

> If so, would a *_DEPENDS on the imap-uw port work?  Of
> course its build/install would have to be conditionalized
> appropriately first of course.

 That wouldn't be necessary (if the POP/IMAP dameons build was expected)
-- Pine 4.00 source tarball comes with the sources for these dameons
already, *_DEPENDS should be used only to force using imap-uw's sources
instead what the pine port has; but I do repeat: the user 
doesn't/shouldn't expect the port to install anything else but what they
come for and that's the Pine binaries; if they want the mail daemons they
should go for imap-uw...

 What's your opinion, Matt ?

> 
> Just out of curiousity why isn't the imap-uw port afflicted
> by the same security problems mentioned on BUGTRAQ?

 I believe this is because only the newly released Pine 4.00 source
tarball has the latest sources wich have that security bug -- but this is
just a supposition, it must be verified !

 And about that, could you dig up a bit more and tell me what exactly is
this security compromise about or where can I find more about it, Matt ?
Thanks !

> 
> Steve
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Adrian Penisoara wrote:
> 

 
  Ady (@freebsd.ady.ro)


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