This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
it is both uneeded and breaks certain lock-step timing in the rexec
protocol.
Yes, an attacker can "relay" connections using this trick, but a properly
configured firewall that would make this sort of subterfuge necessary in the
first place (instead of direct packet spoofing) would also thwart useful
attacks based on this.
succeeded.
Never allow the reverse channel to be to a privileged port.
Cannidate for: 2.1 and 2.2 branches
Reviewed by: pst (with local cleanups)
Submitted by: Cy Shubert <cy@cwsys.cwent.com>
Obtained from: Jaeger <jaeger@dhp.com> via BUGTRAQ
Change the library order so libcrypt is the last library in the list.
libskey contains references to _crypt and can't resolve it unless
-lcrypt occurs after it in the link command. This only occurs when
linking statically.
Rexecd is a crock, it never should have been written, however make it so
that people who have a need to run it don't hurt themselves so badly.
Obtained from: Ideas obtained from logdaemon 4.3 from Wietse Venema
Warner Losh
Peter Wemm
Jordan K. Hubbard
Paul Traina
Wolfram Schneider
Mike Pritchard
Rodney W. Grimes
Nate Williams
Guido van Rooij
Geoff Rehmet
Garrett Wollman