Re: Fwd: Any user can panic OpenBSD machine

[perry () piermont com (Perry E. Metzger)]

Theo de Raadt writes:
> Whoopty doo -- another way to crash another operating system has been
> reported.  This is twice now that a 'local' OpenBSD crash has made it
> to bugtraq as if it were a typical exploit.  Does this now mean
> bugtraq is open ground for reporting any way to crash a multiuser
> operating system?

It always has been in the past.

> I bet there are plenty of ways to crash any operating system, if you
> have a local account.

"There shouldn't be".

Perry