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From: jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: security bug in ISC sysv386. here's a quick fix.
Message-ID: <6911@rsiatl.Dixie.Com>
Date: 13 Feb 91 21:49:07 GMT
References: <1991Feb12.200752.2772@vort.uucp> <1991Feb13.132436.3507@chinet.chi.il.us>
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randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes:

>	That only works if you have a math coprocessor.  I have an idea
>	that the majority of ISC systems don't have them, and many are
>	public access systems.

You might be surprised.  Dixie.com has a 387 only because it had to be
there to get ISC 2.0.2 to boot!  We laughingly called it ISC's $500
copy protection Dongle that knew how to add :-)

John

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