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Date:      Fri, 9 Feb 2001 01:00:59 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        security-advisories@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Security Advisories)
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE
Message-ID:  <200102090101.SAA29682@usr08.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <200102082016.PAA29933@vws3.interlog.com> from "FreeBSD Security Advisories" at Feb 08, 2001 03:16:17 PM

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> Topic:          FreeBSD on record to set most advisory releases for
> 		year 2001

Heh.  But obviously someone is out to challenge them for the record,
issuing these ones, since they weren't issued by FreeBSD.

[ ... ]

> We will not be mentioning the ultra secure OpenBSD operating system
> since we feel it is not our problem and does not help to promote a
> better OS than our own.

The interesting problem here is that OpenBSD is vulnerable to
hardware limitation based attacks at boot time.  They themselves
draw the line at auditing the hardware and firmware of every
motherboard out there.  Some viable attacks on OpenBSD can still
be instituted via a network connection.  You have to draw the
line somewhere, and that's one of the places they draw theirs.


PS: You really aren't doing yourself any favors by trying to stir
up enmity between the camps; it's not going to work.  All us BSD
folks like or at least respect each other enough that all you are
going to do is evoke a "Hey!  Only *I* get to pick on my brother!"
response.  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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