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Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD
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> > 	FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a
> > 	(comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for example:
> > 
> > 	http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Root-exploit-for-FreeBSD-873352.html
> 
> Are you trying to make your infosec guy look like an idiot?  Does he

Give the infosec guy a break. he has been so busy fixing the other
OSes that he never noticed how many FreeBSD system are in use in his
own place, nor that they went with relatively satisfactory security
level.

Olivier