Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 11:07:35AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > Without ext2fs the system is completly unusable, without random the > > > system is quite usable. Without GNU Mach you don't even have a > > > working system. > > > But you said that "bad security is worse than no security". So better > > no GNU Mach than an insecure one, right? > > Your argument is absurd. Network security considerations are different > than local system security considerations. We have control over who can > have an account on our systems. We don't necessarily have control over > who has access to our IP ports.
These are all excellent reasons to accurately describe the state of the system. None of them are reasons to remove functionality.
