Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:19:19 -0500 From: "Larry S. Marso" <lsmarso@panix.com> To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yahoo Vandals? Message-ID: <19971211091919.59865@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.971210083950.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>; from Patrick Gardella on Wed, Dec 10, 1997 at 08:33:17AM -0500 References: <XFMail.971210083950.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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Ah! Hadn't thought about that. I think we can safely conclude, given this aspect of the story, that this whole thing is a plot by Micro$oft to discredit FreeBSD. ;-) -- Larry S. Marso lsmarso@panix.com On Wed, Dec 10, 1997 at 08:33:17AM -0500, Patrick Gardella wrote: > I light of the break-in at Yahoo, and the recent conversations about Yahoo's > use of FreeBSD, does anyone know how they managed to get in? I can make some > guesses (hole in applications, sniffing for passwords, physical compromise of > passwords, etc.), but I thought I would ask. Just want to make sure there isn't > some hidden security hole that hasn't been plugged. > > I haven't heard anything from the news sources about FreeBSD or how they got in. > > I certainly wish we could say that since they were switched to WindozeNT, they > were cracked ;) But they are still running FreeBSD, AFAIK. > > No cause for alarm, just curiosity! > > Patrick Gardella > recent conversations about Yahoo's > use of FreeBSD, does anyone know how they managed to get in? I can make some > guesses, but I thought I would ask. > > I haven't heard anything from the news sources about FreeBSD or how they got in. > > I
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