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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!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.security.unix Subject: Re: *BSD* Security WWW/Mailing List? Date: 24 Apr 1997 00:10:23 -0400 Organization: Panix Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5jmmff$c6d@panix2.panix.com> References: <3356E1CC.299E@softway.com.au> <slrn5lpvmq.1hm.tqbf@char-star.rdist.org> <5jl4b3$clb@innocence.interface-business.de> <slrn5lt11e.ela.tqbf@char-star.rdist.org> Reply-To: tls@rek.tjls.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Newsposter: trn 4.0-test55 (26 Feb 97) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:3077 comp.security.unix:33957 In article <slrn5lt11e.ela.tqbf@char-star.rdist.org>, Thomas H. Ptacek <tqbf@enteract.com> wrote: >23 Apr 1997 13:54:43 GMT j@ida.interface-business.de: >>Ok, i see your point, although it's only minor: the difference is >>whether only dynamic or any binary is affected. > >I don't see this as a minor difference. Problems in the dynamic loader can >be solved by fixing one piece of code. Problems in the C runtime library >require recompilation or patching of every binary on the system. The >amount of work involved for admins to fix a problem is a real and relevant >issue. > >>Which `terminal type' that might be a FreeBSD enhancement? > >If I'm not mistaken, including a terminal type in /etc/ttys is a FreeBSD >enhancement. You're mistaken. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com Stumbling drunk in the railyard looking for God: http://www.panix.com/~tls/