on Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:03:43PM +0000, Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:25:38PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:13:07PM +0000, Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) wrote:
> > > My understanding is that the developer's account on the machine in
> > > question had been disused for some time, and that the machine wasn't
> > > very well-maintained. It could have been any one of a dozen local root
> > > exploits that have been known for some time. I think they investigated,
> > > but the results weren't particularly earth-shaking.
> >
> > Any indication of whether or not this was a local system or a remote
> > system?
>
> I don't quite understand the question, sorry. If you mean local/remote
> with respect to the developer, I believe it was remote.
That's what I was asking, yes. Thanks.
Peace.
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