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Subject:	Re: Death of an old myth...
From:	andys @ internet . sbi . com (Andy Sherman)
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 93 16:26:48 EST
To:	tasos @ AVS . COM (Anastasios Kotsikonas)
Cc:	firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to:	Your message of "Tue, 09 Nov 1993 12:38:58 EST." <9311091738 . AA01299 @ phobos . avs . com>

>>>>> On Tue, 9 Nov 93 12:38:58 EST, tasos @
 AVS .
 COM (Anastasios Kotsikonas) said:

tasos> We are also running surrogate mail on SVR4 machines, and CERT
tasos> had no idea whether this MTA had the bug in it or not.

I don't have a SVR4 box with mailsurr around, but I know something of
its design.  It should be immune to this unless you are using sendmail
as your surrogate.  Then, it *may* be vulnerable.
--
Andy Sherman
Salomon Inc  -  Unix Systems Support  -  Rutherford, NJ
(201) 896-7018  -  andys @
 sbi .
 com or asherman @
 sbi .
 com
"This is shaping up to be another Kevorkian day."

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Re: Death of an old myth...
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