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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: openssl-0.9.6e-1


On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 09:47:55AM -0500, Kim Scarborough wrote:
> > > Shouldn't openssh, lynx, wget, etc. be recompiled against the new openssl
> > > libs?
> >
> > According to the security announcement, yes.
> >
> > This should only apply to apps which are linked statically against
> > OpenSSL, though.
> 
> Well, that would be all of those, I believe.
> 
> > Other than that, it's the responsibility of the maintainer of these
> > packages to do that.
> 
> Are they aware that this needs to be done? This is a fairly serious security
> hole, especially in the case of openssh.

I'm the maintainer of openssh...

Other than that I *assume* that our maintainers read the announcement
of their fellow maintainers.

Corinna

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