Installing POP servers on linux?

[dmartin at LanCity.COM (Derek Martin)]

On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Derek Martin wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Brian Conway wrote:
> 
> > > Install IMAP. It provides the daemons you seek.
> > 
> > And is highly and easily exploitable even on a good day.  Seriously
> 
> I was aware of a buffer overflow problem in IMAP, but all my information
> (including looking at the CERT advisories) seems to suggest that it has
> been fixed since RH 5.2  and for those with older distros there are update
> rpms that fix the known vulnerabilities.

Incidentally, CERT also had vulnerability report of buffer overflows on
qpopper.


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Derek D. Martin   |  UNIX System Administrator
derek at netria.com  |  dmartin at lancity.com

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