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Article #1240Re: ftpd security bug revisited: patches for 4.2bsd
From: Robert Seals
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1988 16:01
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1988 16:01
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In article <565@comdesign.CDI.COM>, pst@comdesign.cdi.com (Paul Traina) writes: > UCB was kind enough to supply source code for all of ftpd, however it > was for 4.3bsd. I think I've patched the ftpd source for 4.2 compatibility, > but I'd like to make sure that I didn't do anything stupid. If there's Ditto, except for Ultrix 1.2 and 2.2 (they involved the same changes). > popen: uid_t doesn't exist in 4.2 sys/types, looked like it > should be sizeof() return of vfork (size of a pid), > so I typedef'ed to int. I peeked at 4.3's sys/types.h, and it claimed u_short, so I put it in mine, too. The resulting thing seems to work. Is it more secure than the old version? Beats me!! Does it REALLY work? Beats me!! > Paul Traina To believe that what is true for rob
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!rds95 From: rds95@leah.Albany.Edu (Robert Seals) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: ftpd security bug revisited: patches for 4.2bsd Summary: My hacks for Ultrix Keywords: ftpd, unix, bug, 4.2bsd, security Message-ID: <1270@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 17 Nov 88 16:01:15 GMT References: <565@comdesign.CDI.COM> Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center Lines: 20