From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 2 13: 8: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA4E37B503 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 13:08:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 13C7B1C77; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:08:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:08:07 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: John Howie Cc: James Wyatt , Poul-Henning Kamp , Brett Glass , "Chris D . Faulhaber" , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 Message-ID: <20001002160807.O38472@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <21970.970515180@critter> <036301c02caa$ebc17300$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <036301c02caa$ebc17300$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net>; from JHowie@msn.com on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:56:56PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 12:56:56PM -0700, John Howie wrote: > > >Are you saying that if we found a terrible bug (not this easy one) > > >somewhere critical in 3.5.%d, we'd all have to immediatly upgrade? - Jy@ > > > > Yes, I am saying that. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > And this is why Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, et al will NEVER beat a supported > pay-for-use Operating System like Windows in the eyes of real-world > business-critical system administrators and CIOs. Of course, all the egos, > moaning, and bitching don't help either. Thankfully, PHBs aren't a target market of FreeBSD. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc. billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message