From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Oct 25 18:22:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12769 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:22:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bytor.rush.net (bytor.rush.net [209.45.245.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12764 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:22:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Received: from localhost (lynch@localhost) by bytor.rush.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA28771; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:21:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lynch@rush.net) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:21:24 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Lynch To: Drew Baxter cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: http://www.performance-computing.com/features/9810of1.shtml In-Reply-To: <4.1.0.67.19981024114643.00a63ad0@genesis.ispace.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- personally, good, it "can't compile smurf.c" smurf is a network attack, not a useful tool. personally FreeBSD doesn;t need that kind of "support" if a script kiddy isn;t smart enough to make it compile, then thats great. - -P ___________________________________________________________________________ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net Systems Administrator Rush Networking ___________________________________________________________________________ On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Drew Baxter wrote: > Nice article, definitely.. I especially liked the choice of graphic art, > and the remark about Grandma's lung machine.. :) > > I guess the big thing is, the little teenies playing "elite hacker" isn't > going to care about the whole GPL thing. It'd be kinda cool to see the > ability to compile for any OS (ultimate compatibility) so you could tell > FreeBSD "Well this compiled on Solaris.." and set a flag.. The word on the > teen street is "FreeBSD can't compile smurf.c".. > > I guess a clean-cut userbase is a little better than ones that want to > wreck stuff, but at the same time it's a +1 on the Linux side of things.. I > installed RHS for a week and immediately killed the box, as it goes I'm > playing with Solaris x86 (cost me 10 bucks, no args here) and I am still > rather distraught of its lack of a C compiler, gzip, etc. so that one is > clearly going out the door as well.. > > --- > Drew "Droobie" Baxter > Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) > OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 > http://www.droo.orland.me.us > My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNjPcp8Gd9jPuKvqVAQHdbgQAtQdpwjDLL2ThzmL/vUmZOTfQ8amOvfuh FGSqSYpukOqXk/me3UspxnX8SCF3WCJrPnXzghp6GFfM2VoEVK/Qj+B/aBqQsOVL jhvi+pI7kEz1zjrtx4+5Fx6N7zA7cqcj+5LVpfHW6JvNHHvzoKQZF1/OHqHKta+W KZFTPZb8WDM= =Afs6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message