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Re: Your router/switch may be less secure than you think

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Francis)
Thu Aug 4 23:04:29 2005

Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:03:11 -0500
From: Scott Francis <darkuncle@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Scott Francis <darkuncle@gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <87oe8f6s0y.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


On 8/3/05, Robert E. Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com writes:
>=20
> > We should all be looking to the security auditing work done by
> > the OpenBSD team for an example of how systems can be
> > cleaned up, fixed, and locked down if there is a will to do so.
>=20
> Beer, unsupported assertions, and lack of rigorous audit methodology
> can be blended together to make one's code more secure?

what unsupported assertions? The project's record speaks for itself.
Don't confuse Theo's lack of social graces with a lack of polish on
the project he leads (a common mistake).
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