From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 8 12:50:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from screech.weirdnoise.com (209-128-78-198.bayarea.net [209.128.78.198]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1034D42FB for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:50:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from screech.weirdnoise.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by screech.weirdnoise.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA26424; Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:46:44 -0800 Message-Id: <200002082046.MAA26424@screech.weirdnoise.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 To: Luoqi Chen Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yahoo under attack In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Feb 2000 11:51:23 PST." <93428.950039483@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 12:46:43 -0800 From: Ed Hall Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you want to read some more about this in the mainstream press, check out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A23174-2000Feb7.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1544455.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1543918.html The NY Times coverage is reasonable as well (though you have to be registered to view it on their site). The AP report (which you'll find in many newspapers) was fairly reasonable to start, but sometime during the night the AP reporter decided to add a bit from a self-proclaimed security expert about Yahoo!'s lack of preparation and management. I'll let you decide if he's qualified to comment (the security expert's website is at www.tscm.com). As a Yahoo! employee there isn't any more I can (or reasonably should) say. But I'll say one more thing anyway: FreeBSD wasn't the problem, here. It has been, and will continue to be, part of the solution. -Ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message