Hey folks, i have been writing software about 6 year since i "finnished" my university course. OpenBSD has always been impressive to my eyes. Since correctness/security is "conditio sine qua non", i disagree as a group of developer has it as goal. Goal should be performance, portability usability. But correctness/security should be a requirement.
I am very confident about software i wrote. But in order to obtain paramount performance i am taking a totally different approach. Since process and even thread are not a good ideia. i am working now to learn a little bit more about SDL (specification and description language). Not only my systems became faster, a lot faster but also, very, very, very modular. I am not in kernel design/implementation, so i would like to hear from you all about an approach driven by this method. I was thinking about the advantages of having very modular part of a OS, being executed on each processor (of a SMP system), and like. It sounds very interesting to me. thanks. On Feb 17, 2008 9:03 AM, Mayuresh Kathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > NOTE: No intention to behave like a troll. > > I've been following the "multi-threaded ssh/scp" thread and read Ted's > comment that he's stopped working on the kernel threads code because > he doesn't have the time for it nor does he need it any more. > Also that multi-threaded ssh/scp would weaken security features within the OS. > > It just led me to ponder, what is OpenBSD's ultimate goal? > Is it just to become the worlds most secure OS with as few remote > holes in the default install? > Shouldn't it also be our goal to be the best UNIX-like operating > system which is in tune with the current needs of users? > > It would have been great to have a threaded kernel, there are > developer's I'm gathering around who wanted to change the TCP/IP stack > to make it higher performance, more like "Project FireEngine" under > Solaris 10. > > OpenBSD is an OS with amazing security and stability, but it has too > few modern features. > > It would be great if developers also start working on improving the > features currently offered by OpenBSD. > Else, we would end up becoming the world's most secure OS which is > used by just a handful of us faithful users. > > You might ask what right do I have for this rant, what am I doing for OpenBSD? > Well I can't donate code directly as I'm a Java programmer and my C is > quite rusty (haven't coded in it in over 7 years). > But, yes, I do donate my time and money, indirectly, by recruiting > good C developers to the cause as well as buying stuff for core > developers off their wish lists. > > Hope newer features get added, not that I'm unhappy with the OS (it > does almost everything I need an OS to do for me), but it would be > great if we had *more* smart developers and a wider base of good users > who get attracted to the OS for its robustness as well as feature-set. > > Best, > > ~Mayuresh
