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Fire the noob you have working for you and hire someone with a clue.

Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>>From my information security manager:
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> 	FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a
> 	(comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for example:
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> 	http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Root-exploit-for-FreeBSD-873352.html
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