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 -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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