[ILUG] openssh vulnerability

[kevin lyda]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:22:09AM +0100, Paul Kelly wrote:
> Dave Burke wrote:
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=102495293705094&w=2
> Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but to me that message reads like 'We don't 
> care to fix this bug right now, go use PrivSep even though it doesn't 
> work quite right yet'. And Theo wonders why people don't get on well 
> with him...

another interpretation is this:

if the openssh team releases a patch today, the crackers will know the
vulnerability immediately.  if the openssh team releases privsep across
the ports (which appears to also stop the attack), then the crackers
are no wiser.

the "vulnerability clock" starts ticking the moment a patch comes out
that directly addresses the problem.  privsep will protect systems,
but not directly give away the vulnerability.

kevin

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