Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 18:39:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is this security hole being fixed?? Message-ID: <199602060809.SAA02468@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960205224410.14946M-100000@okjunc.junction.net> from "Michael Dillon" at Feb 5, 96 10:46:57 pm
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Michael Dillon stands accused of saying: > From: Alan Cox <alan@CYMRU.NET> > To: Multiple recipients of list BIG-LINUX <BIG-LINUX@NETSPACE.ORG> > Subject: Linux as a production system > > [ irrelevant details deleted ] > > Some of the other things are very questionable. I can break a standard > Sun Solaris 2 machine in about 2 minutes from a shell prompt and about 10 > otherwise unless the user is applying patchkits very fast. Currently I can > break almost any BSD derived system because of a bug CERT haven't yet > even published. Alan's good at this sort of bragging, in my (limited) experience. Unless he's willing to expose his techniques to scrutiny, I'm happy to scoff. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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