From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Sep 16 2002 - 23:25:06 MDT
Wei Dai wrote:
> I wonder if anyone is as disturbed as I am with the recent news of remote
> exploitable holes in OpenSSH and OpenSSL that allow attackers to run
> arbitrary code. When open-source software whose only purpose is to improve
> computer security actually make it worse, I have to wonder if security is
> possible at all. Has anyone thought about what causes this seeming
> inability of human beings to write secure software, and what its
> implications are for the future?
>
> Here are some of the security advisories:
> http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4241
> http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4316
>
>
What on earth gave you the idea that the only purpose of Open
Source software is to make computers more secure?
- s
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:17:06 MST