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Re: Security bulletin for Sendmail and FTP
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:50:23 -0800
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OK, I'll choose FTP and 6.5 and its performance hit over 6.0 and no FTP.
Thanks for the definitive answer, James!

Tracy Pierce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hofmeister [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Security bulletin for Sendmail and FTP
>
>
> Hello Paul Christidis @ 3000-l,
>
> RE: Security bulletin for Sendmail and FTP
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Hi James, What about sites that have 'homesteaded'
> at 6.0 or lower?  Any patches for them?  Can the
> 6.5 be applied on 6.0?
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> The official answer is "Discontinue using FTP/iX".  For those folks
> who are 'homesteaded' on unsupported MPE releases, security bulletins
> and CERT reports of security problems are going to create ongoing
> opportunities for reevaluation of your 'homesteading' decision.
>
> I tested putting FTPGDY7 for C.65.00 on a 6.0 system and :nmmaint,50
> reported the following errors:
>
> HP FTP/XL        HP36957 module versions:
>
> DYNAMIC LOADING UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL: load_phys_addr_64_xp  (
> LDRERR 103)
> DYNAMIC LOADING UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL:
> lf_get_flab_eof_offset_64  ( LDRERR 103)
> DYNAMIC LOADING UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL: move_fast_64  ( LDRERR 103)
> DYNAMIC LOADING UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL:
> allocate_obj_sec_storage_64  ( LDRERR 103)
> DYNAMIC LOADING UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL: is_flab_use_64  ( LDRERR 103)
> DYNAMIC LOADING UNRESOLVED EXTERNAL:
> get_contiguous_block_info_64  ( LDRERR 103)
>
> XL procedure:    HPFTP_COMMON        ** MODULE MISSING **
> One or more subsystem modules are missing.  (NMERR 104)
> XL procedure:    HPFTP_UTIL          Version:  A0010001
> NM program file: FTP.ARPA.SYS        Version:  A0010L09
> NM program file: FTPSRVR.ARPA.SYS    Version:  A0010L09
> Catalog file:    FTPC000.ARPA.SYS    Version:  A0010L04
> Catalog file:    FTPHELP.ARPA.SYS    Version:  A0010L04
>
> HP FTP/XL        HP36957 overall version = A.00.10
>
> ... and then I remembered MPE/iX 6.5 is where we started supporting
> large file types, thus the above calls ("move_fast_64" as an example)
> are only implemented at MPE/iX 6.5 and beyond.
>
> Sorry for the news.
>
> Regards,
>
> James Hofmeister
> Hewlett Packard - Global Solutions Engineering (WTEC)
> P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.
>
>
>
>
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