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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:01:09 +0100
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	Shterenlikht's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:41:41 +0000")
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Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD
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Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> writes:
> From my information security manager:
>
> 	FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a
> 	(comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for
> 	example:

"comparatively", compared to what?  Windows?  Linux?  We beat them both
into the ground.  He is speaking from ignorance.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no