On Sun, 2008-02-17 04:20:18 Jim Thompson wrote: > I can't believe this hasn't been incorporated in the official OpenSSH > yet, even though it's been out there for years. No wait, I actually > can. The explanation is that the OpenSSH developers are idiots. IIRC, > of the last 4 SSH security holes, 3 were only in the OpenSSH > implementation (and the fourth one was also in OpenSSH). > > In a related story, when OpenBSD got W^X they (said they) thought > they were the first to ever do it, even though people have been > running PaX on Linux for years. They also said it couldn't be done on > x86 that didn't have NX bit, even though PaX had that too for years. > > OpenBSD: security via navel-gazing...
Would it be irresponsible extrapolation upon only a few data points, to conclude that your conclusion is, that Linux has surpassed OpenBSD, in both speed (both network speed and development speed), and security? -- "(I'll) Be Seeing You..." All information and transactions are private between the parties, and are non negotiable. All rights reserve without prejudice Angela Kahealani. http://kahealani.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau
