From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 17:45:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AAB106566B; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:45:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout1.freenet.de (mout1.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 884E08FC08; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:45:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [195.4.92.18] (helo=8.mx.freenet.de) by mout1.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.70 #1) id 1NIn4Z-0004Su-8i; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:03 +0100 Received: from p57ae296f.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([87.174.41.111]:23525 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 8.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #94) id 1NIn4Z-0000y5-25; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:03 +0100 Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:02 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Anton Shterenlikht Message-ID: <20091210184502.30fce047@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20091210162150.GA1135@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091210095122.a164bf95.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20091210162150.GA1135@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.16.2; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:45:05 -0000 On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:21:50 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I had to fight a long battle, well.. I had > some support from other academics, to have > a linux class in my Faculty. Here the > opposition wasn't so much security, as > "why would any undegraduate need linux", > as if MS solutions are a pinnacle of human thought. > I feel for you. I used to work for DEC, at one time a major UNIX vendor. Then one day all employees were forced to install Windows NT to access their mail accounts because management, in its wisdom, decided to standardize on Mickeysoft Exchange Server. No real reason, since up til then UNIX mail servers had been more than adequate. IT services had similarly restrictive policies regarding users installing SW, etc. I always wondered who Mickeysoft bribed to get that put through. Fortuantely, I had no problem setting up a "black" FreeBSD box to preserve my sanity. --- Gary Jennejohn