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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: *BSD* Security WWW/Mailing List?
Date: 20 Apr 1997 09:30:07 -0700
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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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.

cjs
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Curt Sampson    cjs@portal.ca	   Info at http://www.portal.ca/
Internet Portal Services, Inc.	   Through infinite myst, software reverberates
Vancouver, BC  (604) 257-9400	   In code possess'd of invisible folly.