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OpenBSD Vulnerabilty

Posted by timothy on from the pretty-damn-obscure dept.

*no comment* writes "Normally vulnerability reports on slashdot wouldn't make it because there are so many. This one however is for the normally very secure OpenBSD. Someone can crash an OpenBSD bridge using a newly discovered ICMP exploit. More can be read here. This shouldn't affect most people as this only affects people that use OBSD as a bridge."

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  1. Hmm.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You mean that they aren't usually posted unless there's a way to blame Microsoft for the security problem?

  2. OpenBSD stole code from SCO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hi, my name is Randall. I'm a former employee of SCO, formerly Caldera Systems. I've had the opportunity to use OpenBSD for the first time, and was highly impressed with it's great balance of security and ease of use. I was so interested that I decided to download the source code and take a look inside. Then I started to notice familiarities, deja vu if you will. It didn't really dawn on me until I saw a simple comment: // remove this function, debug only -- Randall

    Now, with all the Linux/SCO nonsense going on (don't worry, I think the code being stolen from SCO is hogwash), I couldn't believe it. Here in front of my face was real stolen code from SCO Unix in OpenBSD. I didn't even know how to react. I decided posting this anonymously was the best way to go. Rather than try anything legal (since I'm no longer employed at SCO group), posting this and letting everyone decide for themselves (because, let's face it, most people won't listen to this) is my best option for clearing my conscience. Go, look for it. It's there.