From: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 95 22:41:42 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: WSJ on Netscape Hole 3
In-Reply-To: <v02120d06ac8f74e7796e@[199.2.22.120]>
Message-ID: <44dcgs$b36@tera.mcom.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


In article <v02120d06ac8f74e7796e@[199.2.22.120]>, cman@communities.com (Douglas Barnes) writes:
> As for objections about how worthwhile this is, it's pretty clear
> that a patch will be available for this problem before we can finish
> and publicize an exploit. This is not, however, the last piece of
> network software that will contain problems of this sort, and it is
> a good idea to build up expertise in this area. I'd also suggest going
> after some of the other browsers... I know, for instance, that AOL's
> browser dies horribly on these same sort of URLs.

  The patched version is now available at ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape/

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.