Re: SunOS 4.1.4 security question

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 00:00

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In <587ioi$15a@panix.com> das@panix.com (David Staschover) writes:

>There were security holes in SunOS 4.1.3 sendmail, nfs and ftpd. Have
>these problems been fixed in 4.1.4?

There are some jumbo patches for various pieces of 4.1.4, mainly for nfs and
sendmail. However, rather than install Sun's patches for sendmail and ftpd,
you should replace them with third-party packages.

I have replaced Sun sendmail with BSD sendmail, and Sun ftpd with wu-ftpd on
all of my active machines. Also, you should install Secure Shell to replace
rlogin, rcp and rsh.

Regards,

Craig.
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From: cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Subject: Re: SunOS 4.1.4 security question
Date: 1996/12/06
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