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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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