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From: tqbf@char-star.rdist.org (Thomas H. Ptacek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: Careless integration of others' code (WAS Re: Why no addusr?)
Date: 16 Feb 1997 08:43:12 GMT
Organization: EnterAct, L.L.C.
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16 Feb 1997 02:48:57 -0500 tls@panix.com:
>You are not telling the truth.  Perhaps you should begin doing so, before you
>discredit yourself further.

[ elided ]

>Again: this is _prima facie_ evidence that OpenBSD developers import foreign

It's interesting that you can make claims about other people's honesty
while hurling accusations that you've yet to document. Please, I'm asking
as an interested third party, can you (or anyone else) document an actual
security problem introduced into OpenBSD as a result of the integration of
external code?

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Thomas Ptacek at EnterAct, L.L.C., Chicago, IL [tqbf@enteract.com]
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