Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Mar 2007 17:52 UTC, submitted by Bernd
As recently reported on OpenBSD's errata page, a problem in the mbuf handling of IPv6 has been elevated to a security issue. This means that OpenBSD now has two remote exploits in 10 years, as already reflected on the OpenBSD Homepage. Theo advises to to update the system (or to block IPv6 using PF as a workaround).
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You know why most OSS developers prefer the GPL and _not_ the BSD license? Well, I'll tell you: It's exeactly that: They don't want the company of a closed source OS to take away their code and lock it away.