That's why I always hand enter, in binary, by toggling switches on the front of my box[1] when I start a new system.
[1]. What, you never pressed the power button On 12/6/07, Lars Noodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bofh wrote: > > At this point, it's probably a good idea to point out there's a paper > > called Trusting Trust about your everyday C compiler... > > Yeah. It recently disappeared from the ACM's web site after 11+ years > of availability: > http://www.acm.org/classics/oct95/ > There is, fortunately, the author's copy: > http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html > > There is an interesting follow up: > http://www.dwheeler.com/trusting-trust/ > summary of the followup: > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/01/countering_trus.html > > The bottom line, however, is that having and using the source is not > optional. > > Thus, patches are provided in OpenBSD as source... > > But, starting from an initial set of some binaries is adequate for many > uses, just as long as we can make reasonably sure that those binaries > come from who they are supposed to / we expect them to. > > The install process ought to be fairly clear about the origin, > authenticity and integrity of those initial binaries. No need to build > on more of a sand foundation than necessary. > > -Lars > -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford
