Subject: Re: static linking for NetBSD
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/16/2003 21:00:57
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 03:11:07AM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> 
> I'd still like to see a proper mathematical proof of that concept which
> includes coverage of the bootstrap issue.
>

Only after you give me mathematical proof that the hardware can be
trusted.
 
> 
> The parmount rule of software security is still:  K.I.S.S.
>

Oh, it is simple.
 
> Checking what amounts to the same thing twice doesn't seem to add any
> assurance to me, and instead it only seems to add unnecessary complexity.
> 

Fine, blind faith is much easier after all :)

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Brett Lymn