Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 18:41:44 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is there no info on the QPOPPER hack? Message-ID: <199807202340.QAA17702@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:40:35 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720173840.10970g-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720173840.10970g-100000@sasami.jurai.net>, "Matthe w N. Dodd" wrote: } } This sort of thing tends to go over poorly at security audits and with } people who's heads are on the line when things break. } } I'm not willing to trust a 3rd party with that level of control of my } system. Right. } Nobody should be that trusting. Wrong. Not everybody's environment looks like yours; there are undoubtedly people for whom this would be a very good idea. } Just think of what would happen if the update process was compromised. That's less catastrophic some places than others. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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