Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:50:13 -0600
From:      terry tyson <beebum@gmail.com>
To:        Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: *BSD is considered the safest OS
Message-ID:  <dad842a90411031150539c3900@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <41892752.4010406@broadpark.no>
References:  <20041102120139.U70884@kheops.speedy.net.pe> <20041102173545.M67685@wcborstel.nl> <41892752.4010406@broadpark.no>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:45:38 +0100, Henrik W Lund
<henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I read somewhere that UNIX systems are more vulnerable to
> buffer overflows than Windows systems. Can't confirm the validity of
> this, though.
> 

Buffer overflows are already being addressed.
http://www.openbsd.org/papers/auug04/
http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=573
http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html
-- 
Terry



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?dad842a90411031150539c3900>