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Date:      Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:18:58 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, "David G. Andersen" <danderse@cs.utah.edu>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File table exhaustion patch
Message-ID:  <20021124151858.GA69907@hellblazer.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <20021122080515.GQ36738@starjuice.net>
References:  <20021121105204.B75421@cs.utah.edu> <20021121152539.U44884-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <20021122080515.GQ36738@starjuice.net>

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 10:05:15AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2002/11/21 15:29), Mike Silbersack wrote:
> 
> > HOWEVER, we're in a code freeze leading up to 5.0-release, and local DoSes
> > aren't a critical bug.
> 
> Is that the official FreeBSD SO team viewpoint on local DoS
> vulnerabilities?

Yes, although we still address the most severe cases (with fixes
and advisories).

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@celabo.org>          http://www.celabo.org/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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