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List:       bugtraq
Subject:    Re: SunScan version 2.0 available
From:       "Crawford, Nick" <ncrawfor () NVL ! ARMY ! MIL>
Date:       1999-04-30 19:05:28
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Date sent:      	Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:16:46 -0400
Send reply to:  	Bill_Royds@PCH.GC.CA
From:           	Bill Royds <Bill_Royds@PCH.GC.CA>
Subject:        	Re: SunScan version 2.0 available
Originally to:  	sunscan2000-support@Sun.COM
To:             	BUGTRAQ@netspace.org

> When you send out software by electronic means, including email, it should
have
> a MD5 checksum with it and a security key (PGP for example).
> I, like many other sysadmins am wary of software sent through mail with
> verification of source.
> Sun would be very embarassed if a trojan program was send under Sun.com
name.
[*SNIP*]

Glad someone mentioned this, I too suffered some paranoia over this file
today, when I checked into SunScan's home page, it still lists v1.2 as
current (as of 3pm 04/30/1999).  A PGP signature would have allowed me to
roll out this new version and rescan our servers and Solaris boxen today,
rather then waiting for sun to post the new version to their web site.

check out http://www.sun.com/y2000/sunscan/ for this beautiful product.

-Nick Crawford

--
Nicholas P. Crawford
SIGNAL Corporation
UNIX Systems Administrator / Solaris Y2k Solutions
US Army - Night Vision & Electronic Sensor Directorate
Network Services Branch
email: Nick_Crawford@signalcorp.com
work: (703) 704-2299		dsn: 654-2299
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