From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Aug 21 04:29:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA19701 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 04:29:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgate.cadence.com (mailgate.Cadence.COM [158.140.2.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA19695; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 04:29:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk) Received: (from smap@localhost) by mailgate.cadence.com (8.8.5/8.6.8) id EAA11769; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 04:28:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808211128.EAA11769@mailgate.cadence.com> Received: from (194.32.96.136) by mailgate.cadence.com via smap (mjr-v1.2) id xma903698897.011755; Fri, 21 Aug 98 04:28:17 -0700 Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Duncan Barclay" To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:27:53 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: FreeBSD more secure than IRIX Reply-to: dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1) Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In CNets headline story today, FreeBSD replaces comproimised IRIX servers at a Kentucky ISP! Whether the attack was the fault of the ISP's operating system remains an unanswered question. But Aye Net is not taking any chances. It has since replaced its operating system with FreeBSD, which is a version of Unix with strengthened security measures. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,25526,00.html?st.ne.1.head Duncan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message