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Re: FWTK and smap/smapd
From: Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:40:58 -0400
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 07:06:48AM -0400, Joseph S D Yao wrote: | On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 06:02:49PM -0700, Russell Van Tassell wrote: | > > (5) smap/smapd adds complexity to a mail server. Sendmail+smap/smapd | > > is about as complex as you can get. Either qmail or Postfix is | > > far, far simpler than sendmail alone, let alone | > > sendmail+smap/smapd. Simple is good. It works better. | | By the same token, ANY of the MTAs is 'way to complex to TRUST as a | mail proxy. Smap and smapd are sufficiently simple that I could read | and grok them even after all the added cruft. Then use MTA of choice | (and your choice may differ from mine) to deliver the mail. But have you? Don't get me wrong: The availability of source is great. The simplicity of a program is a big win, regardless of if the program has been audited. But I think that we need actual audits. I'm starting to think that such audits may be a public good, and worth encouraging the government to spend money on, because lord knows the private sector isn't. (Or at least, they're not sharing.) Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd], (continued)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Jim Duncan (Jul 19)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Carson Gaspar (Jul 22)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] ark (Jul 23)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Carson Gaspar (Jul 23)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Joseph S D Yao (Jul 23)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Carson Gaspar (Jul 23)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Darren Reed (Jul 23)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Joseph S D Yao (Jul 23)
- Re: Code reviews [Was: FWTK and smap/smapd] Darren Reed (Jul 23)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Brian Hatch (Jul 19)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Adam Shostack (Jul 17)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Joseph S D Yao (Jul 17)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Marcus J. Ranum (Jul 18)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Darren Reed (Jul 18)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Charles W. Swiger (Jul 17)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Rick Murphy (Jul 17)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Devdas Bhagat (Jul 17)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Rick Murphy (Jul 17)
- Re: FWTK and smap/smapd Charles W. Swiger (Jul 17)
- Firewalls breaking stuff: [Was re: fwtk] Marcus J. Ranum (Jul 18)