Re: [LI] root access from old sendmail boxes

[Manoj Victor Mathew <mvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 01:04:33PM +0530, Atul Chitnis wrote:
> Suresh - in future, don't publish the details of a crack, just the
> warnings.
> 

A cracker will always get all the info he wants. But what about us? Give
us a chance!

Honestly, I would not have believed Mr. Suresh if he said "Sendmail 8.8.4
has a bug that crackers can exploit to gain r00t.", without giving the
details.

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