From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Oct 19 00:04:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA24473 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 00:04:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (disn3.cybercity.dk [194.16.57.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA24440; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 00:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA09519; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 09:04:02 +0200 (MET DST) To: dyson@freebsd.org cc: deraadt@theos.com (Theo de Raadt), downsj@teeny.org, ache@nagual.ru, dg@Root.COM, gritton@byu.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org, misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/db/hash hash_buf.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Oct 1996 01:50:02 CDT." <199610190650.BAA02780@dyson.iquest.net> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 09:04:01 +0200 Message-ID: <9517.845708641@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199610190650.BAA02780@dyson.iquest.net>, "John S. Dyson" writes: >> > Additionally, that "fix" was simply the wrong thing to do, and there are >> > better ways to deal with the problem. If the zeroing the buffer in db >> > was typical of the ways that others are "fixing" security, well... Sad... > :-(. >> >> Ah John, ever eager to continue a flame war aren't you. >> >Please refer to the message that I commented on... I am NOT flaming, >simply stating an outsiders view of the unsubstantiated OpenBSD position. >BTW, what flame war? Why are you bringing flamage up? > Because obviously Theo is Very Proud of his fix :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.