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Date:      Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:06:35 -0800
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Matt Heckaman" <matt@LUCIDA.CA>, "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        "FreeBSD-ADVOCACY" <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE
Message-ID:  <000801c093ad$bbf82140$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0102101612130.5808-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Heckaman
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:13 PM
>
> This is the whole point! The REASON we've been seeing tons of port
> advisories is because they are being audited. The security team should be
> thanked for that. Otherwise these bugs would probably be unknown!
>

Say rather than unknown, unpublished.  If nobody knew about them they
wouldn't
be security holes now would they?

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com



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