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To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
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Subject: Re: Yahoo hacked 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 00:38:26 -0800
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>I don't think this is the time to panic.  I'm sure that someone in the core 
>team has already spoken to the Yahoo security officer to find out more and to 
>offer assistance.  That's probably the quickest way they will be able to get 
>enough information about the breakin to determine whether a FreeBSD bug had 
>contributed to the breakin.

   Yes, very perceptive of you.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project