On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:34:39 -0600, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >J.C. Roberts wrote: >> To the rest of list users; Please pardon another long email from me on >> this. Helping reasonable people like Robbert understand why many people >> consider "HOWTO's" to be harmful is hopefully worth the added noise and >> bandwidth. >> >> >> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:57:12 +0100, Robbert Haarman >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >[snip] >> >> If end-users are lazy and want to take the easy way out, they should >> >> go back to using linux and MS-Windows. They are not welcome here. >> > >> >That's a pity. I personally think OpenBSD is the _only_ operating system >> >that takes security as seriously as it should be taken, and it would be >> >in everybody's (well, almost everybody's) best interest if they used it. >> >There is nothing wrong with the project not wanting certain users, but >> >it leaves these users with a choice among evils, which is a pity. >> > >> >> Both security and reliability are really nothing more than a byproduct >> of correctness and well informed decisions. > > >That's the point. >Note the "nothing more". And the "byproduct". >If you throw away the correctness, and the effort it requires, >the security and reliability won't be around for long. > >Yes, OpenBSD is the _only_ operating system that takes security as >seriously as it should be taken. Consider the why of OpenBSD's >accomplishments. Remove the why and you remove what they accomplished. >Use OpenBSD and think like Windows and get Windows security.
Thanks Tony! In couple of sentences you perfectly covered what took me pages to explain. And sometimes I wonder why no one ever accuses me of brevity. ;-) Kind Regards, JCR
