=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/security.html,v retrieving revision 1.93 retrieving revision 1.94 diff -c -r1.93 -r1.94 *** www/security.html 1999/04/18 02:34:01 1.93 --- www/security.html 1999/04/20 08:23:32 1.94 *************** *** 55,65 **** in mind. Code often gets audited multiple times, and by multiple people with different auditing skills.

! Some members of our security auditing team work for ! Secure Networks, the company that ! makes the industry's premier network security scanning software ! package Ballista. ! This company does a lot of security research, and this fits in well with the OpenBSD stance. OpenBSD passes Ballista's tests with flying colours.

--- 55,65 ---- in mind. Code often gets audited multiple times, and by multiple people with different auditing skills.

! Some members of our security auditing team worked for Secure Networks, ! the company that made the industry's premier network security scanning ! software package Ballista (Secure Networks got purchased by Network ! Associates, Ballista got renamed to Cybercop Scanner, and well...) ! That company did a lot of security research, and thus fit in well with the OpenBSD stance. OpenBSD passes Ballista's tests with flying colours.

*************** *** 77,85 **** been fixed in a previous release). In other cases we have been saved from full exploitability of complex step-by-step attacks because we had fixed one of the intermediate steps. An example of where we ! managed such a success is the ! ! lpd advisory from Secure Networks.

Our proactive auditing process has really paid off. Statements like ``This problem was fixed in OpenBSD about 6 months ago'' have become --- 77,84 ---- been fixed in a previous release). In other cases we have been saved from full exploitability of complex step-by-step attacks because we had fixed one of the intermediate steps. An example of where we ! managed such a success is the lpd advisory that Secure Networks put out. !

Our proactive auditing process has really paid off. Statements like ``This problem was fixed in OpenBSD about 6 months ago'' have become *************** *** 286,295 ****

Other Resources

- Other security advisories that have (in the past) affected OpenBSD can - be found at the Secure Networks archive. - Some OpenBSD audit team members worked with Secure Networks on discovering - and solving the problems detailed in some of their security advisories.

If you find a new security problem, you can mail it to deraadt@openbsd.org. --- 285,290 ---- *************** *** 301,307 **** OpenBSD www@openbsd.org
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