Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 19:34:27 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: veldy@veldy.net, glassfish@frogbox.dyndns.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Qmail + FreeBSD 4.3 Message-ID: <20010522193427.A20063@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <200105230058.HAA13422@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>; from on@cs.ait.ac.th on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:58:31AM %2B0700 References: <GLECJJEOFFBMALIKCDHIAEHKCAAA.glassfish@glassfish.net> <019b01c0e2fe$eb384d40$3028680a@tgt.com> <200105230058.HAA13422@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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Or it fails some number of years later, when you power it on. [RC] On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:58:31AM +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > > As a good rule, hardware fails in the first hour after turning the > power on for the first time, or it will fails some months/years later. > > Like anything, hardware do wear off, let say your CPU fan lightly slow > down, it means CPU heat increase. Memory and card connectors are > submitted to vibrations, even if not perceptible to human, so the > contacts get oxyded (sp?). Examples could be multiple, it is not just > disk mortors that fails. > > Best regards, > > olivier > > > Well bad hardware is less likely than its trying to overwrite memory it > > doesn't own. If he is being attacked, and it is a buffer overflow exploit, > > than overwriting memory it doesn't own is more likely than it being > > repeatidly hardware, especially after his system has been working fine all > > this time. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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