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Date:      Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:21:13 -0800
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Terry Lambert" <tlambert@primenet.com>, "FreeBSD Security Advisories" <security-advisories@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE
Message-ID:  <001801c09260$80407ec0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <200102090101.SAA29682@usr08.primenet.com>

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I was very sad to see this post, it would have been a
very humorous piece if it hadn't been stuffed full of
spelling and grammar errors.  They really ruined the
smooth flow that's so important to bringing off a good
e-mail joke.

Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Terry Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 5:01 PM
> To: FreeBSD Security Advisories
> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory:
> FreeBSD-SA-01:INSERT_NUMBER_HERE
> 
> 
> > 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
> ---
> Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
> or previous employers.
> 
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