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From: Scott Francis (scottVIRTUALIS.COM)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2001 - 16:41:45 CDT

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    On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:52:53PM -0500, Brian Parris had this to say:
    > I keep trying all these exploits posted on the list on my webserver with no
    > success, they all say "bug exploited successfully" but don't give root, am I
    > doing something wrong?

    yes. You need to fully understand what the code is and why it works, as well
    as (in many cases) what was left intentionally broken to prevent people from
    just grabbing it, compiling it and trying for instant root.

    s/people/script kiddies/ as appropriate.

    > Brian Parris
    > brian.parrisverizon.net 

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