From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Aug 21 08:43:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA22466 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:43:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA22449; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:43:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id JAA12023; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:43:07 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808211543.JAA12023@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.44 (Beta) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:43:01 -0600 To: dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: FreeBSD more secure than IRIX In-Reply-To: <199808211128.EAA11769@mailgate.cadence.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For Heaven's sake someone warn them not to run QPopper. --Brett At 12:27 PM 8/21/98 +0000, Duncan Barclay wrote: >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-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message