RE: popper connect

["Tony Johnson" <gjohnson showmaster com>]

I'm glad all those sprintf's are starting to get cleaned up...  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Johnson [mailto:mike johnson GSC GTE COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 9:15 AM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: popper connect
> 
> 
> At 08:48 AM 3/1/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >I've got illegal connections on popper process
> >How can I protect this ? 
> 
> Recompile qpopper to support tcp-wrappers then set up /etc/hosts.deny
> and /etc/hosts.allow.  Another option is to use ipfwadm to disallow
> connections to port 110 except from hosts you explicitly allow.  Also
> be sure you have the latest qpopper code.  While you're at 
> it, consider
> installing Stackguard:
> http://www.cse.ogi.edu/DISC/projects/immunix/StackGuard/
> and building qpopper with that.  Stackguard will prevent most buffer
> overflows, even when buggy code is involved.
> 
> >Phil
> 
> Mike
> 
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> Mike Johnson - mike johnson gsc gte com
> Network Engineer - Prototype Development
> GTE Government Systems - All opinions are mine, not GTE's.
> 
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