Dirty Pipe exploit - CVE-2022-0847
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@nimrod Isn't pfsense installed on FreeBSD. I thought FreeBSD was another flavor of linux. Excuse my ignorance.
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A common misconception but FreeBSD is not Linux.
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@tristargod Excused.
Ted
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@tristargod freebsd is based on *Research unix.
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@epimpin AT&T System 5R4
Ted
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@tquade my grandmother was a programmer and system builder at AT&T where she worked from 1950 to 2000. She taught me tons. My father helped develop Catnet for caterpillar. I'm a unix junkie.
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@epimpin Running on DEC PDP11 variants.
Ted
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@tquade Same place Stanly hid his worm.
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@epimpin Those were the days!
Ted
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BSD was created based on the original AT&T UNIX. However, it soon diverged to become independent. There was even a lawsuit over that. Linux was developed completely separate, with Linux Torvalds wanting to create a Unix like OS, after finding MINIX inadequate.
Then we had SCO Unix/Caldera claiming ownership over Linux based on very tenuous claims. One was through IBM, which created JFS for OS/2 and then ported it to AIX, which was then claimed to be a derivative work of UNIX, even though it was originally developed for OS/2. That's the sort of nonsense SCO/Caldera was using to justify their claims. There's lots more.
BTW, this history was covered extensively on Groklaw.
