> 
> > > Ah, yes.  I've been watching this thread with some amount of amusement, as
> > > have other OpenBSD developers.
> > > 
> > > Yes, please back it out.  I would rather have OpenBSD remain the most secure
> > > version of UNIX that money can't buy.
> > > 
> > 
> > The THING about OpenBSD security is pretty much unsubstantiated.  I think
> > that it is kind of funny (odd)...  Very few outside of OpenBSD have been
> > provided with any kind of digest as to the security fixes...  Sounds like
> > marketing claims to me!!!
> > 
> > Additionally, that "fix" was simply the wrong thing to do, and there are
> > better ways to deal with the problem.  If the zeroing the buffer in db
> > was typical of the ways that others are "fixing" security, well...  Sad... :-(.
> 
> Ah John, ever eager to continue a flame war aren't you.
> 
Please refer to the message that I commented on...  I am NOT flaming,
simply stating an outsiders view of the unsubstantiated OpenBSD position.
BTW, what flame war?  Why are you bringing flamage up?

John
dyson@freebsd.org -- BSD with a heart, we offer to help.