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RFC 1244 Site Security Handbook July 1991
They have created an electronic mail address, SECURITY-
ALERT@SUN.COM, which will enable customers to report security
problems. A voice-mail backup is available at (415) 688-9081.
A "Security Contact" can be designated by each customer site;
this person will be contacted by Sun in case of any new
security problems. For more information, contact your Sun
representative.
3.9.9.4 Trusted Archive Servers
Several sites on the Internet maintain large repositories of
public-domain and freely distributable software, and make this
material available for anonymous FTP. This section describes
some of the larger repositories. Note that none of these
servers implements secure checksums or anything else
guaranteeing the integrity of their data. Thus, the notion of
"trust" should be taken as a somewhat limited definition.
3.9.9.4.1 Sun Fixes on UUNET
Sun Microsystems has contracted with UUNET Communications
Services, Inc., to make fixes for bugs in Sun software
available via anonymous FTP. You can access these fixes by
using the "ftp" command to connect to the host FTP.UU.NET.
Then change into the directory "sun-dist/security", and
obtain a directory listing. The file "README" contains a
brief description of what each file in this directory
contains, and what is required to install the fix.
3.9.9.4.2 Berkeley Fixes
The University of California at Berkeley also makes fixes
available via anonymous FTP; these fixes pertain primarily
to the current release of BSD UNIX (currently, release 4.3).
However, even if you are not running their software, these
fixes are still important, since many vendors (Sun, DEC,
Sequent, etc.) base their software on the Berkeley releases.
The Berkeley fixes are available for anonymous FTP from the
host UCBARPA.BERKELEY.EDU in the directory "4.3/ucb-fixes".
The file "INDEX" in this directory describes what each file
contains. They are also available from UUNET (see section
3.9.9.4.3).
Berkeley also distributes new versions of "sendmail" and
"named" from this machine. New versions of these commands
are stored in the "4.3" directory, usually in the files
"sendmail.tar.Z" and "bind.tar.Z", respectively.
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