[NTLUG:Discuss] SWBell DSL
Bug Hunter
bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net
Wed Apr 19 10:28:02 CDT 2000
DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON! <sorry, couldn't help it>
Seriously, go to the redhat update site and apply all the redhat 5.2
updates. Here is a list (from memory) of the problems you have in that
redhat 5.2 box, unless updates have been applied:
1. sendmail allows spamming even when allow relaying is turned off
2. lpd has an exploit
3. your ftp server daemon has exploits
4. bind has a buffer overflow exploit where someone can run arbitrary
commands. This bit me.
5. telnet (? I'm not sure) has a race condition exploit
...etc
Best would be to upgrade to redhat 6.2.
bug
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, George E. Lass wrote:
>
> I helped a friend get his RedHat 5.2 box set up on SW Bell's
> DSL service just last week. When he was making the arrangements
> with them, they told him several times that the installer
> *would* be able to set it up on a Linux box. Needless to say,
> they were lying thru their teeth! The installer had a Kingston
> KNE30 NIC and a Windoze/Mac driver install disk. Once the
> installer got the DLS "modem" to sync up, my friend told the
> guy to leave!
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