On 5/10/2016 7:21 AM, Jules Gilbert via freebsd-security
wrote:> Well maybe worse, that the deal with AT&T for the BSD franchise has
fallen apart...
> Okay, so I have a FreeBSD 10.1 CD-ROM, believed to be a true copy and
authentic copy.
> And I loaded it on a computer. I did this entirely offline. I also
supplied passwords.
>
> Then I went online to get packages.
> Nothing unusual happened UNTIL the machine seized and when I rebooted I
discovered it would hang and reboot. A loop.
> I had done nothing to cause this. I had not opened an X session nor done
anything other than load packages such as maxima, cproto. Nothing involved in
the area of security.
>
> I had thought this was pretty much impossible... Remember, this machine
was brand new, I'd loaded FBSD-10.1 on it no more than an hour prior and had
not messed with any of the internals.
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depending on where it rebooted, it really sounds like an infant
mortality problem.. (failure in computer or drive).
(brand new machines have a much higher chance of failure than middle
aged machines, as all the components burn in.)
why is this in 'security'?