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[Jonathan Rickman]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Matty wrote:

> I wasn't referring to the Trojaned code. I am not sure you can blame
> them for that.

Actually, you can...in a way. They picked the host. The host got owned.
Their mistake.

>If you recall, the OpenBSD team tried to quietly
> muffle the priv separation problems, and the following remote overflow:

I'm not sure they tried to muffle it, perhaps they were just "muffled" by
the crow they were eating.

> http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4283

I believe Theo himself came clean and "fessed up" to this one.

> OpenBSD is a great OS, but it is prone to programatic errors (Theo
> probably wouldn't agree) like everyone else.

No, he wouldn't agree publicly, but pride is something we're all guity of
displaying.

--
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net

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