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| Time: 20:04 EST/01:04 GMT | News Source: MSNBC | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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A newly discovered flaw in a critical piece of Internet infrastructure software could put more than half the Internet’s e-mail servers at risk, researchers say. The flaw exists in Sendmail, a program that sorts and delivers most e-mail. A single message sent at a flawed e-mail server could allow an attacker to take control of the server, read its contents and use it to organize a massive denial of service attack. But officials are hopeful that a month’s work of secret efforts to shore up defenses against the flaw — which included informing top federal offices and foreign governments — will minimize its impact. | ||
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| #1 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/3/2003 8:07:43 PM |
| Ehh, you posted waaaaaay too late, Todd. Most everyone has already patched it. |
| #2 By 665 (64.126.91.172) at 3/3/2003 8:27:48 PM |
| #1, I know it has been up a while, but someone sent it in so I figured I would go ahead and post it. |
| #3 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/3/2003 8:47:57 PM |
| Oh, don't worry, Todd. I have no problem with the post--that was my way of commenting on the response time for those affected. |
| #4 By 2332 (65.221.182.3) at 3/4/2003 12:54:44 AM |
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#1 - "Most everyone has already patched it."
How could you possibly know that? What, you assume since you patched it, and since it was on slashdot, everybody else has patched it too? Or do you mean those most every vendor has patched it? That's what you must mean. |
| #5 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/4/2003 12:36:57 PM |
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"#1 - "Most everyone has already patched it."
How could you possibly know that? What, you assume since you patched it, and since it was on slashdot, everybody else has patched it too? Or do you mean those most every vendor has patched it? That's what you must mean." Yes... I was speaking of vendors creating the patches to fix the issue. I guess it was fun to watch the cogs in your brain slowly come to life and reiterate my thoughts. Thanks. "it's not Linux, it's sendmail, but I don't mind." Nice to know you are proud of your lies allainp. Brilliant! The fact is: some fo the more rational minds here have tried to point out that flaws will be found no matter what (in very good software, in software that has long been poured through) and that will require a patch. As far as I can tell the process worked very well... Lots of communication, lots of coordination, etc... No patches that damage systems. No patches to patch the patch that screwed the system in the first place... No flaky security messages... No verbal attacks at the people who found it... No stalling, etc.... And this is from SendMail and over five very different OS vendors simultaneously. Responses will vary because of the difference of systems. Apple's patch came out a little after RedHat's, Suse's, OpenBSD's, but I'd bet it was the easiest to apply. This post was edited by sodajerk on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 at 12:44. |
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