From owner-freebsd-security Thu Dec 21 11:37:44 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 11:37:42 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F352837B400 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:37:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA13826; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:37:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Sender: des@ofug.org X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: J Bacher Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dsniff 2.3 info: References: <4.2.2.20001221111451.00b6ef00@mail.jbacher.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 21 Dec 2000 20:37:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: J Bacher's message of "Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:40:29 -0600" Message-ID: Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org J Bacher writes: > At 05:28 PM 12/21/00 +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > This is the result of some incorrect assumptions on the part of > > > the ports maintainers and a lack of port standards or enforcement > > > in general. > > Which translates to "it's FreeBSD's fault". Send patches or shut up. > So, are you in agreement that this is a FreeBSD issue? Not necessarily. I'm saying that what you write translates to laying the blame at the FreeBSD project's feet. > If so, do you expect that anyone that reports a problem with an OS or > application should also be the individual to provide patches? You're not "reporting a problem", you're saying that the problem being discussed is caused by incompetence or sloppyiness on the part of the members of the FreeBSD project. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message