From: wswietse@wsbs06.bs.win.tue.nl (Wietse Venema)
Newsgroups: alt.security
Subject: Re: A security problem in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier with in.comsat and /etc/utmp
Message-ID: <2189@svin02.info.win.tue.nl>
Date: 22 Aug 91 16:13:58 GMT
References: <1991Aug21.152339.11436@nntp.hut.fi>
Reply-To: wswietse@bs.win.tue.nl

jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:

>[ about using the Sun in.comsat daemon to overwrite files ]

A more secure comsat source can be picked up from ftp.win.tue.nl, file
/pub/comsat.tar.Z. This version makes sure that the UTMP entry refers
to a tty. The internet address is 131.155.70.100.