From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 2 1:39:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from zeus.theinternet.com.au (zeus.theinternet.com.au [203.34.176.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE9C14CBB for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 01:39:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akm@zeus.theinternet.com.au) Received: (from akm@localhost) by zeus.theinternet.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA21535; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:38:09 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from akm) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton Message-Id: <199903020938.TAA21535@zeus.theinternet.com.au> Subject: Re: Cobalt blames linux for their security problems! In-Reply-To: <36DAA948.690A1354@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Mar 1, 99 07:50:48 am" To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 19:38:09 +1000 (EST) Cc: chris@calldei.com, julian@whistle.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG +----[ Wes Peters ]--------------------------------------------- | Chris Costello wrote: | > | > On Fri, Feb 26, 1999, Julian Elischer put this into my mailbox: | > > | > > There's a good idea.. use a free OS and then blame it for your problems.. | > > | > | > | > FreeBSD is a bad OS. This ASM code causes a memory fault! | > | | This simple C program: | | int main() | { | int *badboy = 0; | | *badboy = 3; | | return *badboy; | } | | when run on FreeBSD produces: | | wes$ ./a.out | Segmentation fault (core dumped) You need to use a smaller value of 3. d8) -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message