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Date:      Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:16:03 -0700
From:      Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@seattlefenix.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: All "GNU" software potentially Trojaned
Message-ID:  <20030818221603.GE10276@surreal.seattlefenix.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030814124234.02a08540@localhost>
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* Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org) [030814 11:38]:
> At 01:43 AM 8/14/2003, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>   
> >On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 11:25:04PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> >> CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> >
> >This never would have happened if they had used the BSDL!
> 
> Not true, of course. But on the other hand, the fact that FreeBSD
> uses their code means that it may have integrated Trojaned source.
> Another reason to avoid using code from a group that's not only
> unethical and malicious but also careless about security.
> 
> Kris, as a member of FreeBSD's security team I hope you're checking
> to make sure that Trojaned code was not included. (The most effective
> way would, of course, be to remove the GNU code from FreeBSD, but while
> I'd like to see that done it's probably too much to hope for.)
> 
> --Brett Glass

Now Brett, just because you have a bug up your butt about the GPL doesn't
mean you get the right to libel the folks who take care of it.

-- 
Benjamin Krueger



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