Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:40:49 -0800 From: Pete Ehlke <pde@ehlke.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qmail (Was: Maintaining Access Control Lists ) Message-ID: <20020401164049.A6686@ehlke.net> In-Reply-To: <20020402002108.4432.qmail@cr.yp.to>; from djb@cr.yp.to on Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:21:08AM -0000 References: <20020402002108.4432.qmail@cr.yp.to>
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On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:21:08AM -0000, D. J. Bernstein wrote: > > Did Venema scream that Postfix had ``A BUG'' that ``made'' systems > ``vulnerable to memory exhaustion attacks''? Did he post an ``exploit'' > for this Postfix ``BUG''? Did he try to have Postfix entries added to > vulnerability databases? Did he admit that his approach was vastly more > complicated and error-prone than system resource limits? No, he didn't. > http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/240354 Exactly what part of self reporting this to bugtraq, and describing it himself as a "stupid error" does not count as 'scream[ing] that Postfix had ``A BUG'' that ``made'' systems ``vulnerable to memory exhaustion attacks'' '? -Pete -- "religious fanatics are not part of my desired user base." - djb@cr.yp.to To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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