From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 13 18:22:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA15763 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:22:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (winter@sasami.jurai.net [207.96.1.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA15755; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:22:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA06601; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:21:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:21:12 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Nate Williams cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, sef@kithrup.com, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium lockup fix in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199711132335.QAA11405@rocky.mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > I think we need to give Jordan a big noogey if he indeed said that. For > many people with shell machines, running 'crashable' in unacceptable, If you're running shell machines where a user can execute arbitrary non-approved code, your box is root compromised already. (or will be) /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */