Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!conrad Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Warning for ProComm Users Message-ID: <1991Apr12.002356.24990@comp.vuw.ac.nz> From: Conrad.Bullock@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Conrad Bullock) Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1991 00:23:56 GMT Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) References: <1991Apr11.122944.5139@bilver.uucp> Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Nntp-Posting-Host: embassy.comp.vuw.ac.nz Originator: conrad@embassy.comp.vuw.ac.nz Lines: 21 In article <1991Apr11.122944.5139@bilver.uucp>, dandrews@bilver.uucp (Dave Andrews) writes: |> In article |> 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"? At a guess, I'd say the scroll-back buffer is what they're talking about... -- Conrad Bullock | Domain: conrad@comp.vuw.ac.nz Victoria University of Wellington, | or: conrad@cavebbs.gen.nz New Zealand. | Fidonet: 3:771/130 | BBS: The Cave BBS +64 4 643429