Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:44:36 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>, "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>, Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981206214257.15603F-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981206204101.15603D-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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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
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