Re: serious telnet bug; is it just me?

Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz ((no email))
Fri, 8 Sep 1995 14:26:16 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time root shaped the electrons to say...
>This is not good, now all we need to make our days is for some 13 yr old
>hacker wanna be to write a script to try this on every address
>combination, bringing a whole lotta systems to thier knees. BTW, has

Data point: You have to be able to telnet to the address.

Assumption: If trusted users have to telnet to the PM, they aren't going to
deliberately crash it.

Therefore: If you run a secure site you have no worries.

-MZ

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