[LUAU] high performance SCP/SSH

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Feb 19, 2008 11:58 AM, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
> No, I don't.  Especially since it doesn't.

And which networking stack, would you say, does?  OpenBSD prevent many
common and uncommon TCP, ICMP, and other protocol attacks.  They do
heavy port randomization assignment for new connections and try to
mitigate against things like ICMP path mtu discovery issues.  Are you
familiar with these attacks? (without using google right now -- I mean
real experience protecting against them).  I am wondering if you dare
to claim FreeBSD as to having superior secure networking stack :-)

> I'm sure.   (You may wish to re-parse your words here.)

Right.  I meant, if there is a sniffle of an issue, OpenBSD hops on
board to investigate, and if it is considered an issue, they try to
fix or at least mitigate.  Openwall Linux does much of this as well,
but perhaps more of their patches lie on the address
mapping/allocation/protection side of things.  You commonly see new
techniques being implemented there first...

> Yes, I have looked at the history of the OpenBSD stack and software
> issues.
>
> That was my point.   You seem to have missed it in your fandom for
> Theo's "groupthink".

Please do explain your stance.  I don't have much fandom for guys who
are assholes.  In fact, I met Peter Hessler in San Francisco who told
me some funny stories about being invited to the OpenBSD sprint at
Theo's house.  Good guy.  Good stories.  Maybe you don't know them :-)
 I am *not* an OpenBSD fanboy.  I run Linux mostly and BSD when I deem
necessary.  OpenBSD + amd64 + Gnome is not a good choice, I can assure
you!

> While this is a true statement, a properly-constructed system
> ('infrastructure') shouldn't be open to this type of failure.

Right.  OK, build it.  Let us know when your 1.0 release is :-)  I'll
even buy you a beer.  Building quality software, that you can prove is
secure/stable/non-buggy, is NP-hard...
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
--
"It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an
intuition--and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing
gives out and then that--'Bugs'--as such little faults and
difficulties are called--show themselves and months of anxious
watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success--or
failure--is certainly reached" -- Thomas Edison in a letter to
Theodore Puskas on November 18, 1878