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Date:      Thu, 8 Feb 2001 19:00:32 -0500 (COT)
From:      Operador del sistema <operador@nietzsche.webcaribe.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102081859540.2567-100000@nietzsche.webcaribe.net>

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anyone know why i recived this:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:14:26 -0500 (EST)
From: FreeBSD Security Advisories <security-advisories@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE

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FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE                            Security Advisory
                                                                FreeBSD, Inc.

Topic:          FreeBSD on record to set most advisory releases for
		year 2001

Category:       All
Announced:      2001-02-07
Credits:        sil@loopback.antioffline.com http://www.antioffline.com
Vendor status:  Developers sleeping right now
FreeBSD only:   Yes

I.   Background

FreeBSD is the most robust chopperating sysdumb in the world and we
mean it. Our TCP stack will kick your TCP stacks hynee. Currently we
are releasing an advisory every 1.95 days which means we are bound
to surpass Microsoft.

II.  Problem Description

We normally do not assess security when creating the ports distribution
often allowing anyone to build any program we decide to run in the ports
directory. Recently we have noticed that we can no longer fool users
into thinking because we provide checksumming for the programs, that
they will be secure.

Unlinke other operating systems and the developers of them who audit
their ports, we feel it is not our problem if someone accessess your
system because we're too lazy to do things right the first time.


III. Impact

Obviously anyone can end up control your machine or worse.

IV.  Workaround

We will not be mentioning the ultra secure OpenBSD operating system
since we feel it is not our problem and does not help to promote a
better OS than our own.

V.   Solution

One of the following:

1) Rub a magic lamp and wait for the security genie to fix it.

2) Download NSA Linux so you too can have miniscule backdoors in it
   which you won't see.

3) Pray to the hacker god Kevin Mitnick for assistance.

4) Install a more secure O(penBSD)S

NOTE: FreeBSD developers are now red faced

VI. Shouts

Hard Lee Strange
Mike Hunt
Ivana Swallows
Mike Hock
Dick Famous
Kathie Lee Gifford



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