Re: The Warning and Patches

2002-08-01 Thread Ricardo Stella
Subscribe to CERT... They also sent out a warning... "Fisk, Kevin" wrote: > > As you are probably aware, someone sent a security warning yesterday > regarding OpenSSL along with patches. I am reluctant to apply these types > of patches unless I am sure they are genuine. A patch can just as e

Re: The Warning and Patches

2002-07-31 Thread Lutz Jaenicke
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:55:08AM -0700, Fisk, Kevin wrote: > As you are probably aware, someone sent a security warning yesterday > regarding OpenSSL along with patches. I am reluctant to apply these types > of patches unless I am sure they are genuine. A patch can just as easily > allow a hac

The Warning and Patches

2002-07-31 Thread Fisk, Kevin
As you are probably aware, someone sent a security warning yesterday regarding OpenSSL along with patches. I am reluctant to apply these types of patches unless I am sure they are genuine. A patch can just as easily allow a hacker access as prevent it. Was this warning sanctioned by the OpenSSL