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Date:      Sun, 4 Jun 2000 04:52:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-ADVOCACY <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD/Solaris
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006040451200.18585-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20000604014145.A17973@fw.wintelcom.net>

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On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
...
: A search on rootshell.com shows _55_ exploits for solaris and only
: 15 for FreeBSD.

Yes, I saw that. The FreeBSD advisory directory contains 58 advisories,
alot are DoS attacks though that bit everyone. These are both facts I
mentioned and got the reply from him that "FreeBSD doesn't announce all
their security problems, it's just a PR game." bah! I think he just can't
believe that an OS doesn't have alot of security exploits :)

: -- 
: -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
: "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."

Matt Heckaman
matt@arpa.mail.net
http://www.lucida.qc.ca

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