On 12/17/2010 12:34 PM, Jon Callas wrote: > <...snip...> > Searching the history for stupid-ass bugs is carrying their paranoid > water. *Finding* a bug is not only carrying their water, but accusing > someone of being underhanded. The difference between a stupid bug and > a back door is intent. By calling a bug a back door, or considering > it, we're also accusing that coder of being underhanded. You're doing > precisely what the person throwing the paranoia wants. You're sowing > fear and paranoia. > > Of course there are stupid bugs in the IPsec code. There's stupid bugs > in every large system. It is difficult to assign intent to bugs, though, > as that ends up being a discussion of the person.
Oh put another way, when it comes to maliciousness versus human stupidity, I'll pick human stupidity almost every time. -kevin -- Kevin W. Wall "The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents." -- Nathaniel Borenstein, co-creator of MIME _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
