On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> sai wrote: >>> I just realised that I've been trusting random people I dont know to >>> develop my production firewalls.... >> >> You are right, don't trust them. This is open source, go and read the >> source, there is never enough people to help proof reading :) >> > > Amen. :) > > Just like you trust pfSense developers to write the code that > configures the underlying software, we trust those who write the > underlying software (pf, FreeBSD, and all the related services) > without knowing most of them.
And you trust your hardware manufacturers to write the firmware that eventually runs the software. Any idea whats in the HAL for wireless cards? Yeah, me either. Any idea what's in your BIOS? Yeah, me either. Ever wonder what's in the firmware for your cable modem? Me too. > But it's all right there available for anyone and everyone to review. Wish that was true of everything on my network other than my firewall. Hmm. --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
