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[seth at kokos.cz]

Hi Phil,

answer to your questions:

> Which specific Slackware?  Too embarrassed to say?

  Really, really don't know exactly. :)
  Installed approx. 5 yeras ago (maybe 4.5, 4.6, maybe 5.0 ... who knows now ... )

> Which OpenSSL?  0.9.6a?  0.9.6b?  0.9.6c?  0.9.6d?

  Only info I found is 0.9.6. Let's suppose it's 0.9.6. ;)

> How about telling me how long you're going to leave this machine
> running such an old system?  Slackware 8.1 is out now.  Be sure
> to get the "patches" directory, which includes OpenSSH 3.4p1.

As long as it will be able to make it's job. :) First, it's working 5
years with only minor problems (patching from time to time). Second,
I now have not regular access to HW of this machine so complete re-installing
with new version is not possible. Nobody other will do that. It's
configured and tuned. It's working. That's the point. We know it's
old. Doesn't matter.

Speak francly I expected answer of type - upgrade kernel to version
bla bla bla or list of versions and components required for
successfull compilation.


Let's look at problematic code in file monitor_fdpass.c:
(really don't know what's going on in code
  ... looks like it has something to do with patching last security
  bug ???? because of talking about UsePrivilegeSeparation inside the
  method
)