Re: freebsd - Re: recommended Virus Scanner?

From: Paul Morgan (paulswm_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 11/29/03

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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:33:01 -0500

    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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