Re: Backdoor rumor

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From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 13:22

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According to js@Princeton.EDU:
>The security hole in a previous version (or patchlevel; I'm not quite
>sure) of GNU Emacs ...

... did not exist.  The problem was not a bug in Emacs, but an error
in the way administrators had installed it.

>... and the security hole in sendmail ...

... did exist.  :-(  But people with source could fix it immediately.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
 "I want to mention that my opinions whether real or not are MY opinions."
             -- the inevitable William "Billy" Steinmetz

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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
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Subject: Re:  Backdoor rumor
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Date: 31 Jan 91 13:22:56 GMT
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