--- Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... > Why did I say that I wouldn't put it into Solaris ? Well because I > happen to be the engineer that put SSH into Solaris in the first > place > and I still work very closely with the engineers who currently look > after it. > > Don't twist my words. There is a very big difference in the > English > language between the words "I" and "We". It came accross, to me at least, that your implication was that it would not happen if you had any say in it. > I have pointed out why the string is necessary for interop and why > with > all the other fingerprinting possibilities out there it really > doesn't > make a difference. I was going to make a bad analogy so I'll stop. I'm just saying that one by one all the fingerpringint possibilities need to be elimited. This is just one of them. OS fingerprinting is a known atttack facilitator. The implementer of the system should at least have that option. In reply to Casper as well, I don't work for Sun, and Sun's profits are little concern of mine. If Sun support find their job difficult, well, life is hard. > ... > Huh ? I'm not having a bad day I'm just pointing out that as far > as I > am concerned it isn't a useful option. > > It did NOT say that we wouldn't accept contributions, nor did I say > that > it would never happen. > > If you really think it is important submit patches and it can be > worked > through and if it passes all the necessary OpenSolaris process it > may > happen. I'm not going to be the one to do that though, but that I can appreciate that. > also > doesn't mean that if someone submits patches and a proposal I > wouldn't > help them out - because I would (even if I don't personally agree > with > the suggestion). I can also appreciate that. I overall understand where you are coming from. All I am saying is that your tone would be better received were it a tad bit more conciliatory. I also understand that the needs of Sun Microsystems and the needs of its clients may not align with that of the kind of people who would volunteer to work on opensolaris, and that an extra effort on the part of both sides needs to occur for things to run smoothly. Chris Mahan 818.943.1850 cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.christophermahan.com/ __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
