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From: pjg@acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham)
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Subject: Re: in.telnetd
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Date: 1 Apr 91 01:27:20 GMT
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rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) writes:
|To get on the CERT mailing list, you're supposed to be root at a site,
|but I see CERT bulletins posted all over the net! What's the point in
|having a semi-secure list to find out about security holes when all you
|get is a watered down alert that gets posted -everywhere-?
|
|Harumph.

since all cert advisories are available via anonymous ftp it would
seem there has been a misunderstanding.

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