From owner-freebsd-security Wed May 2 13:49: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from nisser.com (c0039.upc-c.chello.nl [212.187.0.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19C8837B422 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 13:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roelof@eboa.com) Received: from eboa.com (roelof [10.0.0.2]) by nisser.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA21593; Wed, 2 May 2001 22:48:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from roelof@eboa.com) Message-ID: <3AF072B4.E65D4EEB@eboa.com> Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 22:48:52 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga Organization: eBOA - Programming the Web X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What do folks think of this article? References: <200105021702.LAA24669@lariat.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass wrote: > > http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2001/nf2001051_727.htm "Free BSD (Berkeley System Distribution) ..." System? Ah well. "Here's why: Due to the underlying similarity of all Unix systems, a vulnerability in one type of Unix system can often be to compromise another." Somehow they all seem to miss that little detail about kernels. The mach microkernel is quite a different beastie. That in itself should throw some wrenches into the gears. As to the rest... Well... Being a security risk sure didn't harm NT on its way to popularity. Compared to - at least - early NT releases OS X looks a security bullwark. Roelof -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- eBOAź est. 1982 tel. +31-58-2123014 web. http://eBOA.com/ fax. +31-58-2160293 mail info@eBOA.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message