bugtraq - Re: 11 years of inetd default insecurity?

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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thamer Al-Harbash <tmh@...tefang.com>
To: 3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: 11 years of inetd default insecurity?

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, 3APA3A wrote:

> Dear bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
>
> Well,  we all blame Microsoft in insecure default configuration... Isn't
> it time to clean outdated code in Unix?

This has been a known problem for quite a while. In fact
D. J. Bernstein already solved it with tcpserver:

http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html

If you look at the bottom he points out pretty much what you
pointed out.

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Thamer Al-Harbash
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