[buug] /etc/services

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Aug 7 16:32:12 PDT 2000


begin  Michael Higashi quotation:

> Hmm... Would it be possible to create a hole by altering /etc/services
> so that a port number of a service considered secure was associated
> with a vunerable service?

Assuming the process opens ports by name rather than port number, I
suppose so. 

But please note that this is a total change of topic from that of the
preceding thread.

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