Date: 06 Sep 1999 19:05:58 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: Pascal Hofstee <daeron@Wit401305.student.utwente.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates in latest build? Message-ID: <xzp7lm4m0ll.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Brad Knowles's message of "Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:09:11 %2B0200" References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909061421050.6342-100000@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> <v04205526b3f9964ac159@[195.238.1.121]>
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Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> writes: > This opens a *huge* security risk for anyone who doesn't > reconfigure their kernel or doesn't fully comprehend the potential > danger here. Are we really sure that the FreeBSD Inc. has > sufficiently increased it's liability insurance to cover the > potentially multi-million dollar lawsuits that might result from this > change? Read /usr/src/COPYRIGHT. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. BTW, the security risk of having bpf enabled by default exists mostly in the over-active imagination of anal-retentive BUGTRAQ addicts. This has been discussed way beyond death on the mailing lists, so please just forget it. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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