Subject: RE: Disappearing files.....[long, new case/infos]
From: Steve Freitas (sflist@ihonk.com)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 15:25:09 EST
Jeff, do you have an opinion on all of this?
Steve
>It sounds like the DID kludge may be a problem. I am glad I am still
>using an older version of Netatalk. I typically stay away from releases
>and wait till they mature a bit.
>
>This could be why Linux seems to have hit hard by this. The distros like
>to get the latest goods out there. The FreeBSD port is still an older
>version which does not have this problem.
>
>And if I do update I am going to be sure to set it to compile with the old
>DID methods. I do not even know what theese DIDs do, but it soudns like
>the problem.
>
>Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
>projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
>
>This signature is just here to take up space.
>
>
>On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Steve Freitas wrote:
>
>> >These machines may have a
>> >security hole which has been compromized.
>>
>> I had this problem, but boxes were not (to my knowledge) compromised.
>> Plus, I'm dealing with only two users (me and my brother), there are only
>> two valid shell accounts on the system (mine and root), and it's behind a
>> MacOS-based NAT box (no shell, woohoo!) with only SSH allowed in.
>>
>> And if it were a hacker, I'd wonder why he deleted my brother's NOFX MP3s
>> and left the rest alone... :-)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
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