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RE: OpenSSH Trojan=tisk tisk

  • From: Mike Lewinski
  • Date: Thu Aug 01 12:00:48 2002



--On Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:24 AM -0500 jnull <[email protected]> wrote:

A Sun server as a host for a OpenBSD source is like writing combinations
to a bank vault on the back of your hand.



From the FAQ:




http://openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#wwwsolaris



8.18 - Why does www.openbsd.org run on Solaris?

Although none of the developers think it is particularly relevant, this
question comes up frequently enough in the mailing lists that it is
answered here. www.openbsd.org and the main OpenBSD ftp site are hosted at
a SunSITE at the University of Alberta, Canada. These sites are hosted on a
large Sun system, which has access to lots of storage space and Internet
bandwidth. The presence of the SunSITE gives the OpenBSD group access to
this bandwidth. This is why the main site runs here. Many of the OpenBSD
mirror sites run OpenBSD, but since they do not have guaranteed access to
this large amount of bandwidth, the group has chosen to run the main site
at the University of Alberta SunSITE.