RE: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

Somehow I think Theo will find some way to get the project done.  He was 
doing fine before the DARPA project.

I do find it interesting that you characterize Theo as "expressing his 
views" yet you characterize DARPA as "politicizing a technical project". 
Weren't they both doing the same thing?  Why the difference in the 
characterization?

--On Saturday, April 19, 2003 09:10:53 AM -0500 Curt Purdy 
<purdy () tecman com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, one of the things that seems to have been overlooked in
> this political discussion, which I believe does not have a place in this
> technical forum, is that a great and sorely needed project is in jeopardy.
> OpenBSD is generally considered one of the most secure network operating
> systems available today, and that is even before the recent announcement
> of the new resistance, if not vulnerability to buffer overflows which can
> be considered the holy grail of programming.
>
> Whether you feel da Raadt was wrong for expressing his views on peace, or
> that DARPA was wrong for politicizing a technical project, the point here
> should be that the entire technical world is the loser...

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
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