Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:33:32 -0500 (EST) From: andrewr <andrewr@slack.net> To: Nicholas Brawn <nick@citadel.com.au> Cc: mike@seidata.com, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, jbowie@slack.net Subject: Re: disapointing security architecture Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990311183237.12732D-100000@brooklyn.slack.net> In-Reply-To: <199903120830.TAA28219@goblin.citadel.com.au>
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Nick, Yes, this was this issue. In an upcoming post, I will explain the purpose of this list, the goals, etc. Im hoping this will do more than just spawn ideas. andrew On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Nicholas Brawn wrote: > I'm also interested. However, if I recall correctly, the problem last time > was that nobody actually sat down and did the work. There were plenty of > ideas, but when it came to the crunch, nobody wanted to put in the effort. > > Nick > > At 03:25 PM 3/11/99 -0500, mike@seidata.com wrote: > >On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, andrewr wrote: > > > >> So, I do extend this offer, if you are interested in doing an audit or > >> delve into the security implementations that FreeBSD has/does not have, > > > >Here, here. Finally, this thread takes a useful turn. ;) > > > >I am extremely interested in the security development of the FreeBSD > >system. I'd be willing to dedicate server resources (mailing lists, > >archives, shell accounts, whatever) to such a project... as others > >are, I'm sure. > > > >> forum for this and not much more. I know of a few people already that do > >> personal kernel modifications for increased security measures I encourage > >> you to participate. > > > >A forum for exchange of such information would be very useful, but > >what is the purpose of -security (announces/fixes only?). There's > >also the already substantial list of helpful resources provided by > >http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html. Also, there was an > >auditing project underway (forget the URL)... > > > >I agree we need to be active and work together on this, but we don't > >want to waste time reinventing the wheel or redoing what other > >projects have already accomplished. > > > >Later, > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > -- > Nicholas Brawn, Systems Engineer > Citadel Security Management Systems > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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