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Subject:    BoS: NetKit-B-0.08 - collection of network utilities
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1996-09-05 9:35:53
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From: David Holland <dholland@hcs.harvard.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: NetKit-B-0.08 - collection of network utilities
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NetKit-B-0.08 has been uploaded to ftp.uk.linux.org (in
/pub/linux/Networking/base) and sunsite.unc.edu (in
/pub/Linux/Incoming.)

This release supersedes NetKit-B-0.07 and NetKit-B-0.07A as well as
earlier versions of NetKit-B. 

NOTE: There was a "NetKit-B-0.07B" uploaded to some archive sites. It
was *not* an official release and might be trojanized. Do not use it.
Please delete it if you see it anywhere.

*** This release fixes a critical security problem in telnetd.
*** It is strongly recommended that all linux boxes connected to
*** a network that run telnetd be upgraded as soon as possible.

*** This release also fixes a serious security problem in rwhod and
*** a not-quite-as-serious security problem in tftp. It also fixes a
*** problem in telnet that would be significant for anyone using
*** telnet in the context of a restricted shell (though such usage is
*** not recommended.)

As of version 0.07, NetKit-B no longer includes portmap, rdist,
sliplogin, lpr, or ftpd. Separately maintained versions of these can
be found on ftp.uk.linux.org.

NetKit-B-0.08 contains the following:

		biff  comsat  finger  fingerd  ftp  inetd  ping  
		rlogin  rlogind  rcp  rpcgen  rpc.rusersd  
		rpc.rwalld  rpcinfo  rsh  rshd  rusers  rwall  
		rwho  rwhod  bsdslattach  talk  talkd  telnet
		telnetd  timed

It also contains rexecd, tftp, and tftpd, which should not be
installed unless needed.

This is a source-only release. Requires libc 5.2 or higher (though 4.7
or 5.0 should work.) Should work with any kernel released within the
last year or two. Please get gcc-2.7.2 with the strength-reduce bug
fix if you don't already have it. Also requires ncurses. GNU readline
is optional.

Please send questions and comments to dholland@hcs.harvard.edu.


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