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NetBSD 2.0.2 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the dreamcasts-rejoice dept.

jschauma writes "James Chacon of the NetBSD Release Engineering team has announced that update 2.0.2 of the NetBSD operating system is now available. NetBSD 2.0.2 is the second security/critical update of the NetBSD 2.0 release branch. This represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical in nature for stability or security reasons. More details are available in the NetBSD 2.0.2 Release Announcement."

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  1. Re:So, speaking of security, by setagllib · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, it all depends how much security you WANT, short of not having a system at all. You can systrace everything and have a crack team of trusted, indoctrinated people constantly watching all traffic and analysing it for signs of attempted intrusion or investigation. Or you can trust the software quality and 'general practice' recommendations even outlined in the BSD handbooks.

    It's definitely a fun job though (one I wouldn't mind having), as long as the software is good. The BSDs are good in this regard, and so is Linux with the right patches and tools. But then sometimes a bug will come up nobody expected and it's all for naught :(

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  2. Re:So, speaking of security, by hey! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, sure, but that doesn't to squat for security -- it just makes things more insecure.

    So now an unprivileged app can masquerade as a apache or imapd.

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