Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:27:32 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Ben Black <black@zen.cypher.net>, Sergio Lenzi <lenzi@bsi.com.br>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security hole on FreeBSD 2.2.2 Message-ID: <9160.870485252@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Aug 1997 17:18:48 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970801171806.8042B-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> But what the hell is superl? I don't think it comes with 2.2.2. I think he meant sperl, e.g. suidperl. Trusting perl to run as root strikes me as horrendously risky in any case, and perhaps it's time for us to just turn the damn thing off. The next bug is only a security advisory away, I'm sure. Jordan
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