000317 T.E.Dickey wrote:
>> very fair & decent: presumably, TD's response clarifies. however, ...
> I did have a short conversation with the 'security officer'.
> He stopped responding when I asked for what version, what bug.
IAYM FreeBSD's `Security Officer' a/a iDefense's `Security Analyst':
the latter seems a more solid enterprise, at least from its WWW site;
IIRC the former dirtied our doorstep on a previous occasion
& was sent away with an (extra) flea in his ear.
>> do we accept that assessment? again, wouldn't a commercial company sue?
> some would, but look at the original source of the comments:
> someone who posts articles claiming a file opened for read
> can overwrite arbitrary files on the system ;-)
yes, i suppose you don't sue when it only gives publicity to the unknown,
tho' McDonalds did sue those green guys in the UK & lost ... (grin).
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