From nobody Mon Apr 28 23:35:06 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Zmfv51skNz5v4D6 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:35:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Zmfv44hHwz3rKb; Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:35:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1745883313; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Ams8gG45H8O++0w8YVPNFmiQd4QXSebCxdwA7ZRxITI=; b=WxABB5IxJ9DypMrULvQfMoWwwuPGiYaan8+dMDA8eIAYkH7NmjQ1iyq5Ha1u6twrSPi3hD Is3AgsDn42RtAAYoX2KU/puAOlCwkErWxN8bdkeZ5px2pcMYFHogGXlNPTnoxiwakGccDK OdRePEDwT9XWPaQqBfLlQQ45ohGSzzLk42HllnH3s+5nGaAuozTyhx7VuPpCxsh21oMXr4 2SpAKv4tZIWJVzKgAkrT64IPjlx0XUf91n0qVKI9hmhfN5AwSW2Hkby0sjeBlRjjCKwBbZ hmgrojIOF/fOEZ+MHPwMwXXNrZSyTLHSsL5dh2n/HsOSgjKWSkqR9xBTZzYxCg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1745883313; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=sSW9Sl8/1PeSfTJ6pgJER60znSY5GCtix7ajRS0lYkqflnj1ZdtLiIF8iS6DgrzhWpUdsV VZ2vmHcatWwJcdzCYbTCHkBdtHabS35+C7cPsW5uF4PaQjGhT8Ae39GoN/WE91Iy39C4nB 22b5SD65MLpSk95nA/pxr69IDYugglj/PqAtsnhJNALJpuVjLCSr4lAPnS6lloFPA4nirw uU1GnDg0vaQzSpTSifKkU4lglP64Owx+dzAhCS68M/YIEik9O3fhZXdkiK5AcS69W1RwMV NpvDwfwQ/ch2d12VBK10VxYf1P390xP3vo2fOpj3L+/4fp9lsO8hxZqoHg50NA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1745883313; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Ams8gG45H8O++0w8YVPNFmiQd4QXSebCxdwA7ZRxITI=; b=anslRC0oKNET6QZ355iOYozcM7YnbQovtNoaary5Z7pMNa5JkKwmWAE14H8DDaO57GrikD OZwdpdVFef2G006+LLdcXpfK4L1qxhQ4ieitForRioXqAbQFyOsDd1i0eyHS5Hub6fCkcg mHzfGDPC8vJZeSUIlTgozl59Z+E2ag3rdL7zd4T+vwbcKgDrD4BXRPi5m1/jWz6uuFvt3n zvOJW3MZS3ejBU0fzM6HdwW9K2enii8AyBG0Aqp6gIhf+p6L9iUYofi6b+LgLDX9vM6UsB Frmwz3pu8FMdOA60iSbZ9WvopBJluFvhM1+3hl331pJz1oKbhy/pEKgz/g3Lug== Received: from hydra.lemis.com (121-200-11-253.79c80b.mel.nbn.aussiebb.net [121.200.11.253]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: grog/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4Zmfv33kYKz3tX; Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grog@freebsd.org) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:35:06 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD insecure? Message-ID: References: <86msc0uwi3.fsf@ltc.des.dev> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PJxIVGwT9Q/MfnMG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86msc0uwi3.fsf@ltc.des.dev> Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: +61-490-494-038. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: https://www.FreeBSD X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 --PJxIVGwT9Q/MfnMG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday, 28 April 2025 at 17:38:28 +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > [op not cc:ed because they're obviously a troll] > > Greg 'groggy' Lehey writes: >> Security is an important issue nowadays, and no operating system is >> perfect. The FreeBSD project does everything possible to maintain its >> good reputation, though so far I haven't seen anything that indicates >> that the breach was the result of a FreeBSD bug. Was it maybe a third >> party application, or incorrect configuration? > > It was allegedly an RCE in a long-unsupported version of > Ghostscript, so not FreeBSD's fault at all. Yes, I've since heard that too. See https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/4chan_breached/, though it only mentions out-of-date PHP and MySQL. That would have happened with any operating system. But it's good to bring these details out into the open. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Sent from my desktop computer. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php --PJxIVGwT9Q/MfnMG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQSaG4ICvM64RvkvCawi5vKQUHpCIwUCaBAQqgAKCRAi5vKQUHpC I7n6AJ0Van9vx636WuxuW0O8a8A3sF6OCgCfWhwdHUp2NX8EHBSUb+5Mg24RHcE= =Mxrg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PJxIVGwT9Q/MfnMG--