From owner-freebsd-security Wed Sep 9 23:22:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA07626 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 23:22:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aniwa.sky (pppk-25.igrin.co.nz [202.49.245.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA07602; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 23:22:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@squiz.co.nz) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by aniwa.sky (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA01986; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:10:30 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from andrew@squiz.co.nz) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:10:30 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton X-Sender: andrew@aniwa.sky Reply-To: andrew@squiz.co.nz To: Enkhyl cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Hardening In-Reply-To: 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, 9 Sep 1998, Enkhyl wrote: > Back when the popper buffer overflow bug sprang forth it was suggested > that it might be a good idea to go through the OpenBSD change logs and > evaluate security-related fixes for inclusion in FreeBSD. Is there anyone > actively working on this? If there is a project organized around this, I'm > willing to help out with the endeavor. Otherwise, I'm willing to embark on > this endeavor and make a project out of it. > > Comments? I think this one got lost a bit about the point when someone tried to make an issue of the qualifications of contributors. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. To get to a point where you can declare a piece of code correct is a difficult thing to do, and is prone to getting it wrong. To find something that needs fixing generally isn't all that difficult. Andrew McNaughton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message