Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:45:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de> Cc: security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip Message-ID: <20020419114336.E11273-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <20020419170909.F78386@mail.webmonster.de>
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote: > Doug Barton(DougB@FreeBSD.org)@2002.04.18 18:07:54 +0000: > > The typical FreeBSD answer is, "Since YOU think it's a problem, > > why don't YOU work to solve it?" However, since to my knowledge your > > record of never actually contributing a line of code to the project > > remains unblemished, I know you don't like that answer very much. > > doug, the "lines of code" argument does not apply to people supplying > ideas, or experience from operations. take me for example, i am not much > of a c coder, so i see it as a contribution to the world _not_ to put > my sources out, them being pretty crappy and likely to screw up things > badly. OTOH, i answer questions on the mailing lists and contribute my > ideas to the community, all originating from my work expeieence with > freebsd and other systems, you get the point. Oh, I agree completely. The problem is, at the end of the day, this is a volunteer organization. If no one volunteers to make your idea a reality, you're pretty well stuck in do it yourself mode.... unless your idea of fun is to sit around and wait for the topic to come up and make a nuisance of yourself over and over again. -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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