Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 07:41:13 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: dk+@ua.net, snar@lucky.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Increasing overall security.... Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.970213073812.12287A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199702121710.KAA00703@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > To play devil's advocate... > > > > 1) It requires assembler which is harder to understand. Less people are > > qualified to review it. Relying on something harder to understand for > > security is questionable. > > This is not a "security through obscurity" issue. The code is hard to > understand because of the people trying to understand it, not because > the difficulty in understanding it is one of the intentional effects. I didn't say it was "security through obscurity". Look at TIS's FWTK for the philosophy I'm talking about. Mike Hancock
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