Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:03:15 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux Message-ID: <4.2.0.32.19990323105739.009e1b50@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903231042500.8153-100000@peloton.physics.mo ntana.edu> References: <4.2.0.32.19990323100721.04009360@localhost>
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At 10:43 AM 3/23/99 -0700, Brett Taylor wrote: >Nice selective cut ... I also said "and the next or patched version >won't build under 2.2.8. That's because it doesn't matter. People who have the 2.2.8 distribution will fetch the older version and open their systems up to the skript kiddies. (A skript for this exploit went out on Bugtraq this morning after making the rounds elsewhere for several weeks.) >Show me the patched or new version won't build. I haven't tested to see whether it will or not, but again, this is irrelevant. FreeBSD is distributing the old one to unsuspecting customers. Not only is this a liability concern, but it's bad from a PR point of view. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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