On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007 09:28:09 -0700 Peter Gutmann wrote:
> [Linus quote...]
> So the difference between them is simple: one is 'hard science'. The
> is 'people wanking around with their opinions'."
Just to clarify: this line of discussion arose from my advocacy of the
Linux kernel having a fl
| I often say, "Rub a pair of cryptographers together, and you'll
| get three opinions. Ask three, you'll get six opinions." :-)
|
| However, he's talking about security, which often isn't quantifiable!
>From what I see in the arguments, it's more complicated than that.
On one side, we have SeL
I often say, "Rub a pair of cryptographers together, and you'll
get three opinions. Ask three, you'll get six opinions." :-)
However, he's talking about security, which often isn't quantifiable!
And don't get me ranting about "provable" security Had a small
disagreement with somebody at G
Peter Gutmann wrote:
> For people who don't read LKML (or get interesting bits forwarded to them),
> there's a wonderful quote by Linus Torvalds about the difference between OS
> scheduler design and security design:
>
> "Schedulers can be objectively tested. There's this thing called
> 'perfo
For people who don't read LKML (or get interesting bits forwarded to them),
there's a wonderful quote by Linus Torvalds about the difference between OS
scheduler design and security design:
"Schedulers can be objectively tested. There's this thing called
'performance', that can generally be qu
