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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2000-12-01 06:22:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2000-12-01 06:22:53 +0000 |
| commit | a30740affdb9342dee394ffdc77591ec9bc75ae7 (patch) | |
| tree | 37f5bfba0acb8beda3bf262719c7d5e62257575a /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | b5bcfbf59a39f3f65e87a2c658c21193c6a77bae (diff) | |
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Minor bugfixes.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index a9b8a21e..e7aead68 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ See USER AUTHENTICATION below for a complete description. .B \-I <specification>, --interface <specification> (Keyword: interface) Require that a specific interface device be up and have a specific local -IP address (or range) before polling. Frequently +or remote IP address (or range) before polling. Frequently .I fetchmail is used over a transient point-to-point TCP/IP link established directly to a mailserver via SLIP or PPP. That is a relatively secure channel. @@ -2027,9 +2027,9 @@ mailserver. This creates a risk that name/password pairs might be snaffled with a packet sniffer or more sophisticated monitoring software. Under Linux and FreeBSD, the --interface option can be used to restrict polling to availability of a specific interface device -with a specific local IP address, but snooping is still possible if -(a) either host has a network device that can be opened in promiscuous -mode, or (b) the intervening network link can be tapped. +with a specific local or remote IP address, but snooping is still +possible if (a) either host has a network device that can be opened +in promiscuous mode, or (b) the intervening network link can be tapped. .PP Use of the %F or %T escapes in an mda option could open a security hole, because they pass text manipulable by an attacker to a shell |