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Yeah, netcat, hehe. |
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emerge -pv netcat |
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[ebuild N ] net-analyzer/netcat |
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[110-r8] -GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE +crypt -ipv6 |
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-static 107 kB |
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I would be interested in a USE flag for this glibc patch. |
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On 7/31/05, Ben Skeggs <darktama@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> Duncan wrote: |
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> >Brian Hall posted <20050731085600.65fc8657.brihall@××××××.net>, excerpted |
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> >below, on Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:56:00 -0600: |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > |
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> >>Perhaps a USE flag could be created to enable the glibc patches, then a |
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> >>emerge --newuse could recompile glibc and the problem apps (or |
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> >>everything); maybe a mini-howto document would also be helpful. |
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> >> |
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> >>I would certainly like an easy way to enable any "free" performance |
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> >>boost I can get! |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> > |
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> >Something like USE=dangerous-amd64-hack? <g> |
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> > |
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> >(Seriously, there at least used to be a local use flag |
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> >USE=frickin-big-security-hole, or some such, on some app I can't remember |
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> >at the moment. Turns out a teacher was using that app in his class as a |
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> >an example or something, so the dev left the ability to create it there, |
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> >but with a USE flag nobody in their right mind would normally enable. I |
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> >wish I could remember what it was, but grepping use.local.desc for |
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> >anything that might be related doesn't seem to bring it up. Perhaps the |
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> >app, or anyway the USE flag, has now been removed from portage?) |
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> > |
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> >The use.local.desc description could point to the bug, which is IIRC what |
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> >the one above did, for those wanting more information about just why such |
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> >a USE flag exists, and just why someone might be persuaded to enable it. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > |
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> Are you talking about GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE? If so, this flag is still |
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> in use by the net-analyzer/netcat package. It enables the "-E" (iirc) |
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> switch |
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> which allows you to do something like: |
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> nc -l -p 12345 -E /bin/bash |
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> This(or something close to it) would cause netcat to listen on port 12345, |
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> and forward the person who connects to it a nice bash shell. |
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> Ben. |
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> -- |
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