Re: ssh, /dev/urandom

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Jeff Bailey <jbailey@nisa.net> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 11:07:35AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> 
> > > Without ext2fs the system is completly unusable, without random the
> > > system is quite usable.  Without GNU Mach you don't even have a
> > > working system.
> 
> > But you said that "bad security is worse than no security".  So better
> > no GNU Mach than an insecure one, right?
> 
> Your argument is absurd.  Network security considerations are different
> than local system security considerations.  We have control over who can
> have an account on our systems.  We don't necessarily have control over
> who has access to our IP ports.

These are all excellent reasons to accurately describe the state of
the system.

None of them are reasons to remove functionality.