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Date:      Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:59:45 -0500
From:      Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cobalt blames linux for their security problems!
Message-ID:  <199902281652.LAA00271@etinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990228132208.A18501@foobar.franken.de>
References:  <199902271927.OAA26965@etinc.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902270211230.4716-100000@ns1.seidata.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.990226192359.12223W-100000@current1.whistle.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902270211230.4716-100000@ns1.seidata.com> <19990227211853.N7279@lemis.com> <199902271927.OAA26965@etinc.com>

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At 01:22 PM 2/28/99 +0100, Harold Gutch wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 02:36:06PM -0500, Dennis wrote:
>> >>> There's a good idea.. use a free OS and then blame it for your
problems..
>> >They could just as well have run FreeBSD.  The issue here is that they
>> >(or somebody else) are blaming the OS for their own mistakes.
>> 
>> One problem with cobalt is that they arent running the latest kernels which
>> fix
>> the problem....it seems that THAT is their fault.
>> 
>The latest Linux-kernels don't allow the shells to create their
>history-files ? Or do the latest kernels prevent httpds from
>reading from users' homedirectories ?
>
>I somehow fail to see what the kernel should have to do with the
>"Cobalt-bug".

I was referring to the security problems associated with the 2.0.33 kernel
which the cobalt was running....again I accept my punishment for not
finding the beginning of the thread. :-)

Dennis



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