Re: [XFree86] Re: Security in new drivers

2003-02-14 Thread John Bartoszewski
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 08:19:35PM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, John Bartoszewski wrote: Heard comments from whom? And what specific security problems? What source code files are these problems in? Or are they just what-if rumors? The sources at the time could not

Re: [XFree86] Re: Security in new drivers

2003-02-13 Thread Aidan Kehoe
Ar an 12ú lá de mí 2, scríobh Mike A. Harris : Anything short of a specific example of a real security problem is nothing more than heresy. Don't get all dogmatic about it, Mike :-) . (Yes, you meant hearsay.) -- I have heard the swelling cry of the English speaking peoples of the

RE: [XFree86] Re: Security in new drivers

2003-02-13 Thread Cynthia Grossen
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [XFree86] Re: Security in new drivers On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, John Bartoszewski wrote: I've heard comments from various people that in some drivers for new cards that there are local