Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:31:57 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Peter Kok <cckok00@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: hotmail Message-ID: <37CC820D.8BCC07E0@confusion.net> References: <37CC7D08.DFFB18AF@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>
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As far as I know, the bug was in the software that was running the web
interface, not a bug in the OS. It basically assumed if you were at a
url on hotmail that was a postlogin url, then you must've been
authenticated already. BTW, this would be more germaine on
security@freebsd.org
Peter Kok wrote:
>
> Hello all
>
> I heard from news that hotmail was broken and the service was forced to
> stop about two hours. As i know hotmail is operated by freebsd. Is it
> about the security of freebsd?
> Now I would like to know more about security of freebsd.
>
> thank you
>
> regards
> Peter
>
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Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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