<quote who="Ken Foskey"> > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 21:17 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > A belief in what you've claimed is not shared by experienced sysadmins > > here, and it flies in the face of security theory, let alone practice. > > I'd be interested to find out how you came to believe this - it's a > > dangerous idea that I hope is not widespread. > > Hmmm. I have an objection to this statement. > > We need as many people who care about security reading the code as > possible. Please do not discourage 'many eyes' from working.
I'm not referring to auditing here. Oscar noted his belief that "building kernels is required for securing servers". That's the dangerous idea that I hope is not widespread. Conversely, auditing is an excellent idea, spread the love! - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2005: Canberra, Australia http://lca2005.linux.org.au/ "Linux is not like Novell, it isn't going to run out of money - it started off bankrupt, in a way." - Steve Ballmer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
