Re: Muffett's AuTOHack + [8lgm] sendmail advisory

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> 
> 
> Julian Assange wrote:
> 
>   >Muffett's rather dissipointing paper is available from:
>  [...]
>   >Which just goes to prove that where there is smoke there can just be
>   >cinders.
> 
> Thank's for the critique; I never said that it was a *wonderful* paper
> - I just said that I was withdrawing it for the time being.

( I was going to say the following:

"You didn't say it was crap either!"

or

"Well why did you write it then?!"

But I thought better of it ;-).

Please note the ;-), Alec :-)))))))))).

So as to add a bit of content for the first time in a few days, I think
the vulnerability noted in the latest [8lgm] advisory can be used to
attack soft targets behind a firewall - ie. access to the SMTP port of
a target isnt necessary, IMCO.

Cheers,

Neil

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