nc "gaping security hole" menu config entry??

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Mon Apr 17 22:57:44 UTC 2006


On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Nathan Angelacos wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   yes, it's amusing, but perhaps someone can come up with a better
> > name for the nc "-e" option than GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE?
> >
> > rday
> Robert,
>
> FWIW, that's what the original netcat source called it.  If
> compiling from original sources, you'd have to
> -DGAPING_SECURITY_HOLE.

> (http://www.vulnwatch.org/netcat/readme.html)

ok, this is one of those cases where i *don't* feel at all bound by
historical precedent.

rday



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