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From: per.fogelstrom@mailbox.swipnet.se (Per Fogelström)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: List of OpenBSD changes
Date: 12 Aug 1996 23:11:13 GMT
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In article <4ufqap$44i@jan.et.byu.edu>, gritton@renegade.et.byu.eduÚ says...
>
>deraadt@theos.com (Theo de Raadt) writes:
>
>> For brevity, these lists contain only MAJOR changes.  There isn't any
>> point in listing the 100+ buffer overflows in setuid programs which
>> we've fixed...
>...
>> Many many NetBSD PR's fixed (which NetBSD has not yet fixed)
>
>   But I really like the part in his web page where he claims a major
>goal of OpenBSD is that it is "politics-free".  With his listed
>improvements (some actually are improvements), I might be tempted to
>check out OpenBSD if there wasn't such an obvious attitude problem
>showing.
>--

Ehr.. what attitude problem?