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<DIV>Looks like that is the old exploit that was fixed long ago. I think Luigi haven't posted what is the current exploit yet. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>De:</B></I> <A href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Fecha:</B></I> 12/07/04 00:25:36</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Para:</B></I> <A href="mailto:bf1942@icculus.org">bf1942@icculus.org</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" <i><B>Asunto:</B></I> Re: [bf1942] Linux patch ETA</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>On 12/6/2004 3:17 PM, Rick Thompson wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>> That is not at issue here. Regardless of how long it took to hack the</DIV>
<DIV>> code out it should have been finished and released concurrently with the</DIV>
<DIV>> win32 version.</DIV>
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<DIV>What I find interesting is this:</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gshboom-adv.txt">http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gshboom-adv.txt</A></DIV>
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<DIV>This page is supposedly by the person who discovered the exploit(s).</DIV>
<DIV>Towards the end of the page, we see:</DIV>
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<DIV>The following is the patches'situation in the moment I'm writing:</DIV>
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<DIV> Battlefield 1942.....................FIXED only Linux DS 1.6RC2.</DIV>
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<DIV>So, uh.. if the issue is already fixed, all the server needs</DIV>
<DIV>(theoretically) is to be updated to work with the 1.61 client release..</DIV>
<DIV> I don't see how this could be taking so long, unless there are</DIV>
<DIV>additional problems.</DIV>
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<DIV>So.. what's the deal? Andy? Andreas? I know no-one here is blaming you</DIV>
<DIV>guys.. but this sort of problem is much easier to bear if we're kept</DIV>
<DIV>informed as to what's going on!</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
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<DIV>James</DIV>
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