Re: freebsd - Re: recommended Virus Scanner?

[Tom <tb.31123.nospam@comcast.net>]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 04:34:43AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:08:37AM -0800, Tom (tb.31123.nospam@comcast.net) wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 01:54:38AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > 
> > > on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:43AM -0800, Tom (tb.31123.nospam@comcast.net) wrote:
> > > > [snip everybody]
> 
> 
> > > > I have this belief that for any arbitrary large block of code, the
> > > > # of undiscovered root exploits to be very large (I actually
> > > > beleve the # to be limitless -- humans are infinitely clever).
> > > 
> > > I have this belief that the moon is made out of green cheese and
> > > that all the good ones are dead.
> > > 
> > > Care to state the basis for your belief, or its relevance to
> > > reality?
> > 
> > I said it's intuition.  Intution is not logic.  It is not proof.  It
> > is not intended to be proof.  Which makes responding to the rest of
> > your arguments pointless.
> 
> An inelegant retreat, but nonetheless.
> 
> If you'd care to make a profit from your musings, you might care to
> focus your attentions on the works fo Knuth and Bernstein.
> 
> Knuth pays $2.56 for each bug found in his software or books.  Given
> your intuition, my intuition is that you should find this to be a
> limitless income stream.
> 
> Bernstein pays $500 for each verifiable security hole in qmail.
> Following the same premise as for Knuth, you should find this a
> similarly lucrative opportunity.  You might find the page detailing this
> offer of interest:

Touche.  (I'm smiling).

I do not believe I will ever collect a check from either man.

However, I firmly believe each will write another check.