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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!idea.exnet.iastate.edu!flipk From: flipk@idea.exnet.iastate.edu (Phillip F Knaack) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.security.unix Subject: Re: *BSD* Security WWW/Mailing List? Date: 21 Apr 1997 06:31:44 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5jf1kg$hci$1@news.iastate.edu> References: <3356E1CC.299E@softway.com.au> <335798C2.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <DERAADT.97Apr18181055@zeus.pacifier.com> <5jdgaf$34i@cynic.portal.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: idea.exnet.iastate.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6699 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3036 comp.security.unix:33789 cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) writes: >In article <DERAADT.97Apr18181055@zeus.pacifier.com>, >Theo de Raadt <deraadt@theos.com> wrote: >>Yeah, FreeBSD has fixed a few holes. >As has OpenBSD. Although I notice your FTP server still has no way >of doing anonymous uploads that are secure from abuse by warez-traders. >But heck, let's spend our time making snide comments instead of >working to fix security problems and share the information so that >the fixes can be as widely distributed as possible. Its difficult to tell if you're kidding or not, considering that 'snide comments' is all you ever seem to produce. Cheers, Phil -- Interoperation with matter-transporters using polar coordinate systems is discouraged, due to round-off and other algorithmic errors in certain ubiquitous floating-point implementations, leading to results which are best discreetly described as "disappointing." --RFC 1437