I got a bogus patch with a binary attached from the following site:


dilbert[1067]:/usr/tina/Adm # traceroute 216.251.81.20
traceroute to 216.251.81.20 (216.251.81.20), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  157.142.5.34  1.748 ms   1.712 ms   1.860 ms
 2  guardian.hsc.net.ou.edu (157.142.5.10)  18.744 ms   18.707 ms   
18.781 ms
 3  164.58.2.173  2.616 ms   2.591 ms   2.561 ms
 4  164.58.10.154  2.499 ms   2.454 ms   2.423 ms
 5  tulsok6wcx2-pos2-0.wcg.net (64.200.227.105)  4.278 ms   4.496 ms   
4.459 ms
 6  dllstx1wcx3-oc48.wcg.net (64.200.240.81)  14.147 ms   14.536 ms   
15.087 ms
 7  hstntx1wce1-pos3-3.wcg.net (64.200.110.142)  13.509 ms   13.437 ms   
13.419 ms
 8  dllstx1wct1-bravo-atm.wcg.net (64.200.111.6)  20.720 ms   20.680 
ms   20.648 ms
 9  cisco3640-atm1-edge.bravo.net (216.251.64.20)  22.984 ms   22.946 
ms   23.061 ms
10  atm-eaglepasstx-comunik.bravo.net (216.251.83.2)  49.678 ms   50.974 
ms   54.240 ms
11  serial_comuni-k_eaglepass.comuni-k.com (216.251.81.1)  54.178 ms   
54.431 ms   54.724 ms
12  linux.comuni-k.com (216.251.81.20)  316.056 ms   317.212 ms   323.300 ms


You might want to warn your users.....




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