Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:10:49 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, "James Gill" <gill@topsecret.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990818090832.04805220@localhost> In-Reply-To: <78055.934964467@localhost> References: <Your message of "Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:53:37 EDT." <NDBBJDFMIMOCFNNCEKADOEFBCOAA.gill@topsecret.net>
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At 01:21 AM 8/18/99 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >It's never been a question of money, coordination, or really anything >at all to do with engineering. It has everything to do with one or >more individuals volunteering the time necessary for making something >like this happen. > >That also goes for just about every other obvious idea or clear >shortcoming that one might note for FreeBSD - if it's obvious or >clear, chances are excellent that it's been both suggested many times >and failed many times due to lack of this one key missing ingredient. :) With a larger (merged) talent pool, it'd be more likely to succeed. The biggest trick, of course, would be dealing with personalities, not code. I'll say this much, though: the OpenBSD approach to crypto export restrictions (i.e. keeping the code in Canada) is brilliant and could help FreeBSD. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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