On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 23:21:20 -0400 "Perry E. Metzger" <perryat_private> wrote: > Personally, I find the constant claims that OpenBSD is more secure > than FreeBSD and NetBSD annoying. We all do extensive security > work. This is just another example of a fairly common situation -- in > which OpenBSD has a bug that other BSDs don't. Sometimes it is the > other way around, too, but you'd think from the propaganda that it was > always, or even usually, OpenBSD that was the most secure system. I'd also like to point out that the OpenBSD "fix" for the problem is incorrect. It is now possible for the OpenBSD read and write system calls to return garbage "bytes actually transfered" values. Jason R. Thorpe thorpejat_private NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942
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