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[comp.os.linux.development.system] Re: More on problems with sendmail and 2.0.*
Somebody asked how to tell what version of sendmail a host is running,
and Erik Muller demonstrated the usual technique of telnetting to port
25 and reading the greeting message.
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From: [email protected] (Russell Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: More on problems with sendmail and 2.0.*
Date: 04 Dec 1996 15:41:47 GMT
Organization: Crynwr Software
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]> Erik Muller <[email protected]> writes:
> You check it like this (8.7.5, here):
Cool. You mean, if I had a shell account on your machine, I could get
root access? That's what I like about sendmail -- it tells you
exactly which exploit to use to get root.
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-russ <[email protected]> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
Crynwr Software sells network driver support | PGP ok
521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | The more corrupt the state,
Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | the more numerous the laws.
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