On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:01:13AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > * krjw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 20:56]: > > As for version numbers, there's nothing wrong with them > > unless they are advertised to potentially malicious users. > > Assuming a given version of a given MUA has a known security > > hole, sending a mail via that MUA with a header containing > > version info is just begging for trouble. Call it paranoia.
i fail to see how knowing the version of mutt you are running will give any attacker enough information to hack your box. do you also hear black helicopters in the night? ;-) of course not, they are silent aren't they. > The only secure computer is one that is turned off, locked in > a safe and buried 20 feet down in a secret location, and I'm > not completely confident of that either. --Bruce Schneier > see also: http://w3.physics.uiuc.edu/~menscher/quotes.html also funny. do you just have a bunch of these sigs saved up and add them to relevant emails manually or do you have some pattern recognition stuff in your mutt? :-) i also heard/read somewhere that the only secure computer is the one that you have ground into fine silcon dust and scattered in the wind. -unknown -- Peter Abplanalp Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: pgp.mit.edu
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