Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 11:23:32 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: terry@lambert.org, wollman@lcs.mit.edu, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...) Message-ID: <199610311823.LAA25640@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961031005817.15243F-100000@quagmire.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Oct 31, 96 01:05:30 am
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> > He is also the principle author (apparently) of IMAP4, a highly > > desirable piece of software for anyone with a 1995 or later mail > > client. > Agreed...which is why I brought this whole discussion into here... > > From what Mark has said, about the only way I can think of for > getting this *obvious* security bug fixed is to, either: [ ... ] > IMHO...what having .lock locking capabilities in IMAP4 is > doing is encouraging system administrators to use NFS mounted mail > spools, instead of *teaching* system administrators to *not* setup > their systems that way... Or publicize the denial of service attack in the news groups where IMAP4 is discussed and hope someone uses it. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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