From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:46:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:45:50 -0500 Received: from tweedledum.navaho.net ([213.161.67.199]:3332 "EHLO mx.education.navaho.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:45:37 -0500 From: "Tristan Greaves" To: "'Linux Kernel List'" Subject: RE: Is sendfile all that sexy? Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:45:40 -0000 Message-ID: <005901c07ef9$73d80fb0$b601010a@DCTF000J> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Florian Weimer > Sent: 15 January 2001 13:02 > To: Gerhard Mack > Cc: Linux Kernel List > Subject: Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? > > The security record of Proftpd is not horrid, but embarrassing. They > once claimed to have fixed vulnerability, but in fact introduced > another one... Oh, come on, this is a classic event in bug fixing. All Software Has Bugs [TM]. Nothing Is Completely Secure [TM]. As long as the vulnerabilities are fixed as they happen (where possible), we should be happy. Tris. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/