Re: serious telnet bug; is it just me? (fwd)

Steve Davies (steve@iafrica.com)
Sun, 10 Sep 1995 19:56:54 +0200 (GMT+0200)

On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz wrote:

> I'm a bit amused by the mad panic, like it needs to be fixed yesterday or
> the world will end. Calm down, breathe deep, relax - the odds are extremely
> low that someone will decide to exploit this out of the blue. We know about
> it, and it will be addressed.
> Life is to short to get too worried about something like this. It can be
> prevented already.

Yes, relax boys and girls. As you know, PMs will already crash and burn:
- if you use the attach command
- if carrier comes and goes rapidly on a serial port
- if carrier switches on a whole lot of ports at once

[And more that I haven't pinned down...]

Steve