On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:43:37AM +0000, Creamy wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 06:34:31PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > Using netcat to reliably get data is never going to be appropriate
> > > for a production system, IMHO.
> >
> > Wow. You sure do set the bar low. Probably a lot of people are glad
> > that I don't accept that kind of balony.
>
> Then make the concept work. Oh, you can't, because it's broken by design.
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that an enterprise WAN solution can be
> built on netcat?
>
> --
> Creamy
No, but at the same time I want my tools to be high quality and
predictable, whether I use them for diagnostics or a quick script.
-Otto
