Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by fcambus » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 8:37 PM UTC

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by bch » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

> Proactive security ●64-bit long long time_t (NetBSD technically did it first)

The best kind of first. Joking aside -- why is so much OpenBSD advocacy backhanded like this ? Do the writers not think that OpenBSD can stand on it's own ?

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by dwc » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 9:36 PM UTC

bch wrote: post #2

> Proactive security ●64-bit long long time_t (NetBSD technically did it first) The best kind of first. Joking aside -- why is so much OpenBSD advocacy backhanded like this ? Do the writers not think that OpenBSD can stand on it's own ?

You left off the following bullet point:

* NetBSD technically did it first

* But OpenBSD is the one who engaged with the rest of the software community to fix bugs that were uncovered

Now it doesn't seem so backhanded.

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by carlesfe » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 9:58 PM UTC

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke?

I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by sigzero » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 10:00 PM UTC

carlesfe wrote: post #4

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

It's the only truly secure by default font.

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by bch » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 10:01 PM UTC

carlesfe wrote: post #4

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

https://twitter.com/michaeldexter/status/489515383682920448

Like wearing a SPAM[1] shirt to a vegan potluck, I guess.

[1] http://www.spam.com/

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by mhurron » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 10:10 PM UTC

bch wrote: post #2

> Proactive security ●64-bit long long time_t (NetBSD technically did it first) The best kind of first. Joking aside -- why is so much OpenBSD advocacy backhanded like this ? Do the writers not think that OpenBSD can stand on it's own ?

And if they didn't mention it others would be here complaining that NetBSD did it first and OpenBSD is just trying to take credit.

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by tedunangst » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 11:00 PM UTC

carlesfe wrote: post #4

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

Started?

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by Crito » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 11:01 PM UTC

tedunangst wrote: post #8

carlesfe wrote: post #4

Slightly off topic, but does anybody know why the OpenBSD community has started using Comic Sans in all their material? Is it some kind of inside joke? I don't find it neither good nor wrong, but there must be some reason behind it.

Started?

Didn't it only start during that fundraising drive a year or two ago? Or is it older than that?

Re: Welcome to OpenBSD [pdf]

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Post by MartinMond » Fri, Mar 20, 2015, 11:08 PM UTC

> Random PIDs > Eliminates race conditions > Say you have a root daemon that forks then the child drops privileges. If you can beat the child you can inherit root privileges

Can someone explain this? I don't see what this has to do with the randomness of pids.