From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Feb 8 22:21:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A6237B401; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:21:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f196KCF91888; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 06:20:13 GMT (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Terry Lambert" , "FreeBSD Security Advisories" Cc: , Subject: RE: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:21:13 -0800 Message-ID: <001801c09260$80407ec0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <200102090101.SAA29682@usr08.primenet.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was very sad to see this post, it would have been a very humorous piece if it hadn't been stuffed full of spelling and grammar errors. They really ruined the smooth flow that's so important to bringing off a good e-mail joke. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Terry Lambert > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 5:01 PM > To: FreeBSD Security Advisories > Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: > FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE > > > > Topic: FreeBSD on record to set most advisory releases for > > year 2001 > > Heh. But obviously someone is out to challenge them for the record, > issuing these ones, since they weren't issued by FreeBSD. > > [ ... ] > > > We will not be mentioning the ultra secure OpenBSD operating system > > since we feel it is not our problem and does not help to promote a > > better OS than our own. > > The interesting problem here is that OpenBSD is vulnerable to > hardware limitation based attacks at boot time. They themselves > draw the line at auditing the hardware and firmware of every > motherboard out there. Some viable attacks on OpenBSD can still > be instituted via a network connection. You have to draw the > line somewhere, and that's one of the places they draw theirs. > > > PS: You really aren't doing yourself any favors by trying to stir > up enmity between the camps; it's not going to work. All us BSD > folks like or at least respect each other enough that all you are > going to do is evoke a "Hey! Only *I* get to pick on my brother!" > response. 8-). > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message