[Gllug] Code Tux

[Rich Walker]

In message <20010720232111.A26238 at knossos.bruce>
          brichardson at lineone.net (Bruce Richardson) wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 06:23:14PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> > Right. Of course, you've published it. And, I see, you've put the
> > URL of it in this post. And you've sent a reference copy to the relevant
> > security teams of the relevant distros. [There probably should be a
> > smiley in this paragraph, but there's too much "I know how to solve
> > this problem and haven't" on  the net this month].
> > 
> > *Then* in 6 months when none of the distributions have done these
> > things, you can abuse them *properly*.
> 
> No, sorry, bollocks.  I spent a long time on the Red Hat user list, back
> when it was worthwhile being on it, trying precisely that.  Submitting
> fixes and solutions and getting precisely nowhere.  It isn't an excuse,
> just an extended and meaningless sneer on your part.

No, it's not an extended and meaningless sneer. Sorry if it came
across as one. 

But I'm still curious: your hard-won notes on how to harden linux
systems are available somewhere other than the RedHat mailing list,
aren't they?



cheers,Rich.




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