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Bugtraq is a mailing list designed for the detailed and open discussion of security vulnerabilities in UNIX systems. This archive covers roughly all of the messsages of the Bugtraq mailing list from 16-Nov-93 to the present. It is automatically updated as each new Bugtraq message arrives, courtesy of procmail and hypermail.

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jmyers@eecs.nwu.edu (28 June 1995)