Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: autofs [all versions]

["Christopher W. Curtis" <ccurtis@aet-usa.com>]

Anthony Towns wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:52:23PM -0400, Christopher W. Curtis wrote:
> > [...] filed a bug report against autofs
> > and marked it as release critical.  I have heard nothing for the past
> > two (three?) days and need to make this known: [...]
> 
> The bug tracking system has been playing up over the last couple of days,
> it should be fixed now.
> 
> > [sneakernet to victim]
> 
> Alternatively:
> 
> [sneakernet to victim]
> hit reset button, or toggle power switch
> put bootable disk in drive

BIOS doesn't boot from floppy.
BIOS has password.
Server is down, people are screaming.

Christopher