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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:29:59 -0500
From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
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Subject: [Brett Glass] Re: Patch/Announcement for DHCPD remote root hole?
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On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:22:29PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> Even more importantly, it shouldn't be the policy of the FreeBSD Project -- or
> the default behavior of its software -- to release software that, by default,
> installs on your machine software with known security holes.

That isn't the policy, and your suggestion that it is our policy is
simply a big FU to our community.

Take a hike,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                     http://www.nectar.cc/
NTT/Verio SME           .      FreeBSD UNIX      .        Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net      .   nectar@FreeBSD.org   .           nectar@kth.se

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