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From: dandrews@bilver.uucp (Dave Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Warning for ProComm Users
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.122944.5139@bilver.uucp>
Date: 11 Apr 91 12:29:44 GMT
References: <W8SDZ.12676193677.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <W8SDZ.12676193677.BABYL@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> cmcdonal@wsmr-emh03.army.mil (Chris McDonald ASQNC-TWS-R-SO) writes:
>Recently ISC personnel discovered that a particular feature of ProComm [2.4],
>which serves a perfectly legitimate purpose, can pose a security hazard.
> ... We do not wish to describe the specific security problem, 

Though curiosity rages uncontrollably within me, I see the sense to
keeping mum, besides which I've upgraded all my PCs to PCP 2.0.  Do
you know if Procomm Plus version 2 contains the same "feature"?
 
Thanks,

David Andrews   tarpit!bilver!dandrews