From owner-freebsd-security Tue Aug 31 20: 0:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 7C1DC14E7B; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E4111CD5D7; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:00:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 20:00:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Peter Kok Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hotmail In-Reply-To: <37CC959B.9CA5F03A@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Peter Kok wrote: > Hello all > > I heard from news that hotmail was broken and the service was forced to > stop about two hours. As i know hotmail is operated by freebsd. Is it > about the security of freebsd? Almost certainly not - despite Microsoft's claims of it being a hacker, it's much more likely that the original cause was a boneheaded CGI error by a hotmail programmer. A tool (like an OS) is only as good as the craftsman who wields it. > Now I would like to know more about security of freebsd. What do you want to know? Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message