From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 8 2: 2:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 094D837B401 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 02:02:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f18A1x436726 ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:01:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id LAA04605 ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:01:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 11:01:59 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: "G. Adam Stanislav" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008] Message-ID: <20010208110159.E2429@lpt.ens.fr> References: <3A81DDC9.EF6D7D84@originative.co.uk> <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010207223155.009d42a0@mail85.pair.com>; from adam@whizkidtech.net on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:31:55PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org G. Adam Stanislav said on Feb 7, 2001 at 22:31:55: > At 23:44 07-02-2001 +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > >> - Servers could only be affected if the attacker were given the > >> ability to load a program of her choice onto the machine and > >> execute it locally. ^^^ > > Hmmm... Do I detect sexism on the part of Microsoft assuming the > attacker would be female? It seems to be pretty common practice these days, among people who want to correct the language bias of centuries but find "his/her" cumbersome. The idea is that if "his" is supposed to be gender-neutral in generic situations, "her" should also be regarded as gender-neutral. On this issue, at least, I have no quarrel with Microsoft :) R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message