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Re: freebsd - Re: recommended Virus Scanner?



On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:34:43 -0800, Tom wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:55:59AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 04:34:43 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > 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:
>> > 
>> >    http://cr.yp.to/qmail/guarantee.html
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Peace.
>> 
>> Actually, the reward is for the *first* verifiable security hole in qmail.
>> Six years now, and no-one's found one.
> 
> I have an out: I said arbitrary *large* block of code.  When I said 
> large, I was thinking "operating-system sized set of code", i.e., many 
> programs.
> 
> The site itself says that people have experienced many problems with the 
> total set of programs surrounding qmail.  And that confirms my belief.

You've made some good points, Tom.  It's been an interesting
discussion to follow.

I was merely correcting a factual error.

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....................paul

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