Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-28 Thread C. Dominik Bódi
I've written some sort of rebuttal. It is not specific to OpenBSD, though. http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23230/ Regards, Dominik [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-28 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: Marian Hettwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > OpenBSD is secure in many ways, but if the third party app has a > security flaw and released a bugfix, I'd like to see an > updated package > / port too. > Otherwise I would need to compile the bugfixed version from source, > which doesn't make sen

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-28 Thread Carlos A. Carnero Delgado
On 7/27/06, Louis Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you do send something in, be polite. We're not a bunch of raving loonies. We're not? Damn! Carlos. -- grah windows just crashed again, unstable crap. Windows isn't unstable, it's just spontaneous.

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Marian Hettwer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Spruell, Darren-Perot wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > garbage is third party garbage. One doesn't overlap the others. So if a > third party package runs into a bug (security, stability, or otherwise), > OpenBSD doesn't *have* to scramble to brin

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Spruell, Darren-Perot
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Good job Edmund! This is one of the worst articles on security I > > have ever read. Talk about missing the point. > > Yep, let's do talk about it since I see you as a blind horse that > misses the point because you cannot read. The title contains the two > words "p

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 09:24:54PM +0100, Alex Stamatis wrote: > [...] Their os's suck http://fun.drno.de/sounds/Every_OS_sucks.mp3

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Nick Shank
Alex Stamatis wrote: Ahmmm. Openbsd gets bad score in patching ? Well that maybe becuase the os is so good that doesnt need 30 patches a day like the linux distros. I have heard the linux 'fans' saying amazing crap about their os'es... Thank god in this world there are people that know that open

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread L. V. Lammert
At 09:24 PM 7/27/2006 +0100, Alex Stamatis wrote: Let the linux guys talk. All the can do is talk ... Their os's suck Well,. . there ARE some Linux distros taking market share from MS, so the better viewpoint is 'it's a free market - let the cream rise to the top'. For all those Enterpris

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Alex Stamatis
Ahmmm. Openbsd gets bad score in patching ? Well that maybe becuase the os is so good that doesnt need 30 patches a day like the linux distros. I have heard the linux 'fans' saying amazing crap about their os'es... Thank god in this world there are people that know that openbsd rules. We must all

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Louis Bertrand
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Ted Unangst wrote: On 7/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Someone has written an article under "Information Security News", entitled "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary". As if OpenBSD were a "Linux distro". In this article, he compares response t

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread chefren
On 07/27/06 11:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone has written an article under "Information Security News", entitled "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary". As if OpenBSD were a "Linux distro". Well, OpenBSD gets mentioned, that's the most important. .. Good job Edmund! This is one o

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Ted Unangst
On 7/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Someone has written an article under "Information Security News", entitled "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary". As if OpenBSD were a "Linux distro". In this article, he compares response times to vulnerabilities and then gives var

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Marcus Popp
Hi jlr0i6sg3t, On 2006-07-27T19:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Someone has written an article under "Information Security News", > entitled "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary". As if > OpenBSD were a "Linux distro". Ok, thats wrong. > In this article, he compares response times to vulne

Re: OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread Louis Bertrand
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone has written an article under "Information Security News", entitled "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary". As if OpenBSD were a "Linux distro". In this article, he compares response times to vulnerabilities and then gives various Linux

OpenBSD gets a "poor score" in security.

2006-07-27 Thread jlr0i6sg3t
Someone has written an article under "Information Security News", entitled "Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary". As if OpenBSD were a "Linux distro". In this article, he compares response times to vulnerabilities and then gives various Linux distros and OpenBSD a "score". OpenBSD came 2n