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No Logo Wins FreeBSD Foundation Contest

Posted by timothy on from the naomi-klein dept.

RJPDeanLO writes: "The FreeBSD Foundation logo contest has ended with no winners! Check out their statement on the site. To support FreeBSD ... I'm hoping that we can all get a second chance at it. Please reopen the contest!"

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  1. link is broken by swright · · Score: 2, Informative

    I know I'm going to get modded down for this but the link in the article is wrong.

    http://freebsdfoundation.org/

  2. Some info. Re:Offtopic: Fellow BSD Users, Upgrade by RiC!N · · Score: 2, Informative
    There was a lot of discussion on the FreeBSD mailing lists, you may call it the "Theo show" with comments of the maestro himself. Check the mailing lists archives at freebsd.org (if updated already).

    Unfortunately, for FreeBSD-stable this means that they'll have to jump versions to openssh-3.3 most likely by using the openssh-portable port and introducing that into the base distribution. Work is already being done (notably by DES, one of the commiters, hats off!)

    Some people advised getting rid of the default openssh and installing the newer one through ports. Trouble is that the functionality that "separates privileges" is relatively new and has to be incorperated into -stable quickly now.

    Many people didn't like this especially because Theo's comments seem to indicate that the required fix in question is small and simple. And the new feature in openssh may only be *one* way to prevent said exploit from causing serious harm. That's something entirely different from an actual fix of course. So some folks felt that they were being dragged into a major version bump maybe unnescessary.

    Consider for example that OpenBSD doesn't use PAM while FreeBSD does use it (extensively), and you can imagine a bumpy ride on -stable soon.

    I don't mean to take sides or something, just let you know what's going on.

  3. Re:A logo speaks a thousand words? by RJPDeanLO · · Score: 2, Informative

    You make a very good point atcurtis. If they want a "serious" logo ... then they just need to let us know. :)

  4. Re:I must be confused... by lobos · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a daemon, not a devil. It's quite different. There's nothing bad about daemons whatsoever. A daemon (in the way FreeBSD uses it) is not the common definition of demon most go by but "a supernatural being of Greek mythology intermediate between gods and men." From the FreeBSD Handbook, "Daemons were characters in Greek mythology; neither good or evil, they were little attendant spirits that, by and large, did useful things for mankind. Much like the web servers and mail servers of today do useful things. This is why the BSD mascot has, for a long time, been the cheerful looking daemon with sneakers and a pitchfork."