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From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
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On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> The list is endless, which is why you reinstall.  You can trust every
> binary from the distribution media.

    Unless, of course, the distribution media itself was compromised
(which would have been the case if the hacker generated his own
tarballs for the ftp.freebsd.org).  :(
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org, taob@ican.net)
Systems and Network Administrator, Internet Canada Corp.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"