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Date:      Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:38:28 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is FreeBSD insecure?
Message-ID:  <86msc0uwi3.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
In-Reply-To: <aA8n__R77NZsmR43@hydra.lemis.com> (Greg Lehey's message of "Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:02:23 %2B1000")
References:  <MW4PR15MB5160CDBA9415E8712BD72842C9862@MW4PR15MB5160.namprd15.prod.outlook.com> <aA8n__R77NZsmR43@hydra.lemis.com>

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[op not cc:ed because they're obviously a troll]

Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> writes:
> Security is an important issue nowadays, and no operating system is
> perfect.  The FreeBSD project does everything possible to maintain its
> good reputation, though so far I haven't seen anything that indicates
> that the breach was the result of a FreeBSD bug.  Was it maybe a third
> party application, or incorrect configuration?

It was allegedly an RCE in a long-unsupported version of Ghostscript, so
not FreeBSD's fault at all.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org



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