alan wrote : > > The hole in the 5.x libraries is known and specifically warned about in > the kernel documentation file which discusses updating to ELF. > > The hole is fixed in libc5.3.12 and later. > > Be warned that the 5.x series Libc's are currently classed as "experimental" > > The simple solution to the problem is to disable rlogin. There's little > point leaving any inetd service open unless it's actually being used. > > AB > RedHat 3.0.3 and Slackware actually are exposed because it use libc-5.2.18, don-t know if it was pointed . I havent received a copy from the original message called: "Linux rlogin hole with libc 5.x" plese sendme a copy. I ve just remove rlogin rshd & rexec from inetd.conf from a couple of linux boxes. Cheers Pablo