From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 6 18:45:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05154 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:45:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fledge.watson.org (FLEDGE.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.93.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05145 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:45:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (robert@fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA16551; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:44:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:44:36 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org Reply-To: Robert Watson cc: Julian Assange , "Jan B. Koum " , Paul Griffith , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD vs FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Robert Watson wrote: > Use a toaster oven. Toaster ovens have excellent network security > characteristics. For example, they are not susceptible to any IMAP-based > buffer overflow attacks; additionally, current toaster ovens are not known A friend of mine points out that toaster ovens are susceptible to a buffer overflow involving pieces of bread exceeding the safe bread limit in the oven, which can result in a fire, or at the very least, a lot of burnt bread. As such, I am no longer planning to deploy toaster ovens as web servers on our network. Apologies for any misleading details concerning the reliability of toaster ovens in hostile environments -- I hope no one has made purchasing decisions based on this misinformation! Robert N Watson robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: 03 01 DD 8E 15 67 48 73 25 6D 10 FC EC 68 C1 1C Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message