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followup on yahoo pager security problem

From: nneul () UMR EDU (Neulinger, Nathan R.)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:35:02 -0600


Just wanted to let everyone know, I heard from one of Yahoo's engineers. He
applied a fix to the server source, and it will be getting put in place on
the next server upgrade.

This is in regards to the service 7/8 identity activation problem.

-- Nathan

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Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nneul () umr edu
University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
Computing Services                       Fax: (573) 341-4216

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