At 06:30 PM 1.14.2003 +0000, Justin Mason wrote:
>
>Jack L. Stone said:
>> Ed, your info about Formmail is not correct and is very stale. In fact
>> there are more than 2 Million users and the security hole was patched. That
>> doesn't mean that some have not kept up to date and don't know about the
>> breach of security caused by using the older versions and those older ones
>> are most likely the ones you are receiving. The newer versions of formmails
>> cannot be sent from any other domain but the authorized host nor to any
>> other recipients but the one designated by the authorized host.
>
>Jack --
>
>last time I looked (Jan 2002) there was still a few sizeable holes in
>FormMail big enough to drive a tank through -- I cowrote an advisory about
>it. 
>
>It looks safer with the current version (1.91), but I'd strongly recommend
>people use NMS Formmail instead, it's definitely secure.
>
>--j.
>

Yes, it was modified after your last look in Jan 02. Ver 1.92 was issued on
04.02.
Also, looks like it was created a little over 7 years ago in 1995 - not 1987.

##############################################################################
# FormMail                        Version 1.92                               #
# Copyright 1995-2002 Matt Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED]                    #
# Created 06/09/95                Last Modified 04/21/02                     #
# Matt's Script Archive, Inc.:    http://www.scriptarchive.com/

Sorry, this has drifted off-topic -- sorta, except the above version should
not be a culprit as characterized earlier which was very old info. I
believe the users are about 2.5 million. We are one of them on another host
of ours.

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

Sage American
http://www.sage-american.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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