From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.shellworld.net ([64.39.15.178] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1837q2-0003XV-00 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:37:18 -0400 Received: from localhost (jdashiel@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9K4bEi29618 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:37:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jdashiel@shellworld.net) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:37:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Jude DaShiell To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: more on hardware clock In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Chuck, yes I've shut down successfully several times. Interesting since I'm using slackware 8.0.0 not 8.1. It may be a fix to 8.0.0 that made slackware 8.1 actually broke libsafe. On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Steve, > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > Tell me, just what the hell is libsafe and what is it good for? Based > > on Chuck's experience, I don't think I will be doin' libsafe any time soon:). > > Libsafe is an evil device created by Osama Bin Ladin which is > designed to bring down the most stable systems in the Western > World!!! I am reporting it to John Ashcroft in the morning. > > You will find it in the "extra" directory of Slackware 8.1 and > the description is actually very intriguing. It seems to do the > same thing for ld-linux.so that vsound does for /dev/dsp -- it > intercepts its invocations and attempts to plug a number of > common security holes in lots of software related to buffer > overruns and such. My warmest thanks to Jude who called it to our > attention a week or so ago!!! > > Hey Jude, have you tried shutting your computer down yet? > > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >