On Dec 10, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> From my information security manager: > > FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a > (comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for example: > > > http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Root-exploit-for-FreeBSD-873352.html
From http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3850401/FreeBSD-Shines-While-Apple-Fails.htm > All software has bugs, but it's how people react when things go wrong that > you can judge them. Did the FreeBSD folks sit around and do nothing? Did they > busy themselves with other things and leave 8.0, 7.1 and 7.0 users vulnerable > to pwnage? No, they did not! A matter of hours later Colin Percival, > FreeBSD's security officer, made this announcement: > > A short time ago a 'local root' exploit was posted to the full-disclosure > mailing list; as the name suggests, this allows a local user to execute > arbitrary code as root ... since exploit code is already widely available I > want to make a patch available ASAP. > And with that, he released said patch. > So what OS does your information security manager run on his {desk,lap}top? -stacey._______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
