Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:14:25 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: 'Kris Kirby' <kris@catonic.net> Cc: 'FreeBSD Alpha mailing list' <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Alpha 4.x releases (production quality?) Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D794A@l04.research.kpn.com>
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> I'm concerned that being an Alpha that it might be more prone to
> security risk since the majority of effort is directed at i386.
> Buffer Overflows and all...
>
It works both ways. There are fewer people who are working to fix buffer
overflows on alpha, but there are also fewer people with the knowledge to
crack an alpha.
Kees Jan
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