Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:58:46 +0000 From: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200912102058.46242.david@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <20091210150639.2da33de4@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <20091210184502.30fce047@ernst.jennejohn.org> <200912101921.nBAJLQf1077338@fire.js.berklix.net> <20091210150639.2da33de4@scorpio.seibercom.net>
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> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:21:26 +0100 > > Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> replied: > >> Fortuantely, I had no problem setting up a "black" FreeBSD box to > >> preserve my sanity. > > > >A tip for those threatened with no BSD box at work: > >FreeBSD runs fine _inside_ a box that looks like a multi sheet scanner. > >OK, slow, but invisible to managers who require MS only. > > > >These scanners often lie abandoned in company junk rooms (& cheap > >on web), as people know they used to need MS's abandoned NT (= Not > >There) operating system. Well they do ... until one installs BSD. > >Credit to David M. who did the FreeBSD work. Pictures of hardware > >to look for in junk rooms: http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/ > > > >Cheers, > >Julian > > Out of pure morbid curiosity, would you please answer this question for > me. > > You work for a corporation that specifically requires the use of > a specific OS, the OS itself is not material to this question. It also > forbids the use of any unauthorized OS or equipment on the companies > network. You decide to ignore their directives and eventually: > > 1) Get caught > 2) Cause a problem with the company's network, etc. > > Now, when you get fired and possible charged with a crime, do you: > > 1) Cry and bitch that they are being unfair? > 2) Accept the fact that you deserved to be dismissed? > > Where I use to work, two or three employees were fired each year > because they thought they knew more than everyone else. They failed to > realize that they were being compensated to do what they were told and > not what they thought they should be doing. The bottom line is if they > are not smart enough to follow company directives, they are certainly > not capable of instigating their own protocol. > most **** lickers are not very smart either. David
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