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Date:      Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:12:39 +0900
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@papillon.lemis.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD more secure than IRIX
Message-ID:  <19980822111239.61830@papillon.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199808211543.JAA12023@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 09:43:01AM -0600
References:  <199808211128.EAA11769@mailgate.cadence.com> <199808211543.JAA12023@lariat.lariat.org>

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On Friday, 21 August 1998 at  9:43:01 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 12:27 PM 8/21/98 +0000, Duncan Barclay wrote:
>
>> In CNets headline story today, FreeBSD replaces comproimised IRIX
>> servers at a Kentucky ISP!
>>
>>	Whether the attack was the fault of the ISP's operating system
>>	remains an unanswered question. But Aye Net is not taking any
>>	chances. It has since replaced its operating system with FreeBSD,
>>	which is a version of Unix with strengthened security measures.
>>
>> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,25526,00.html?st.ne.1.head
>
> For Heaven's sake someone warn them not to run QPopper.

Why?  Firstly, it wasn't a FreeBSD problem, and secondly it's been
fixed.

Greg
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