Subject: Allowing passive mode

From: Joe Thykattil <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:32:38 -0500

In order for me to allow passive mode on my wu-ftp server running on Sun
Solaris, I had to give ~dev/tcp write permissions.  What type of security
issues does this pose?  If any?

Thanks

Joe Thykattil

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