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From: Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>
To: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
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J. Bruce Fields wrote:

  Like Jim I don't understand how that fits the definition of a "man in
  the middle" attack.

If Bruce is having trouble too, I think the explanation needs to be
improved. But I think the latest patch set drops the talk about a
vulnerability, and I'm fine with that.