Re: distributed.net and seti@home

[jlintz () OPTONLINE NET (Justin Lintz)]

Im sure d.net is pretty secure, the program was built my people with
security on their minds.  They released the source of their program but not
fully so people could not figure out how they connect to the server to make
a program to make their stats higher.

       Justin Lintz
. jlintz () optonline net .

-----Original Message-----
From: VULN-DEV List [mailto:VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM]On Behalf Of Seth R
Arnold
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 9:41 PM
To: VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM
Subject: distributed.net and seti@home

Hello.

I have seen many reports of insecurities of ICQ, and while this is A Good
Thing, a program that would likely be in use on more computers is
distributed.net's rc5 (or other) programs, or seti@home's client. They are
often installed by default on server farms, lab machines, as well as
countless home machines.

Has anyone taken a close look at these programs? I sure haven't. It might be
a good thing to check on... :)

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