Re: OpenBSD 8 year mark

From: Peter Dembinski (pdemb_at_illx.org)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:16:22 +0100

"Peter Strömberg" <wilfried@spamcop.net> writes:

> "Travis" <pcprecords@att.com> wrote in
> news:EqC_b.82142$hR.1686063@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
>> When will it be 8 years with one default security hole? I been
>> watching it and for over a year and it has not changed. When is the
>> date if anybody knows?
>
> Here was the commit
>
> revision 1.380
> date: 2002/06/26 14:04:08; author: deraadt; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2
> One remote hole in the default install, in nearly 6 years!
> not too bad...

hm, AFAIK there was ip6-related DDoS vulnerability in recent kernels,
and it applied to default installations too

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