Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:02 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20091210184502.30fce047@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20091210162150.GA1135@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091210095122.a164bf95.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20091210162150.GA1135@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:21:50 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > I had to fight a long battle, well.. I had > some support from other academics, to have > a linux class in my Faculty. Here the > opposition wasn't so much security, as > "why would any undegraduate need linux", > as if MS solutions are a pinnacle of human thought. > I feel for you. I used to work for DEC, at one time a major UNIX vendor. Then one day all employees were forced to install Windows NT to access their mail accounts because management, in its wisdom, decided to standardize on Mickeysoft Exchange Server. No real reason, since up til then UNIX mail servers had been more than adequate. IT services had similarly restrictive policies regarding users installing SW, etc. I always wondered who Mickeysoft bribed to get that put through. Fortuantely, I had no problem setting up a "black" FreeBSD box to preserve my sanity. --- Gary Jennejohn
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