RE: IPFilter

[Greg Thomas <ethant_(_at_)_2fortheroad_(_dot_)_net>]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Camiel Dobbelaar wrote:

> 
> I don't understand what the problem is...
> 
> the fix went into -current in a matter of hours.
> 
> Regarding -stable: normally only trivial fixes go in there, but
> Federico Schwindt posted a patch to tech@:
>

I thought trivial fixes AND security fixes went into -stable.  Isn't
the point of -stable for it to run on production systems where
stability and security are important?  If this really isn't a security
issue then nevermind, is this bug going to be easily exploitable?

Greg