Balance and processes is what security is about.

>From Bruce Schnier(??) himself.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: home@alexhudson.com
To: gllug@linux.co.uk
Sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:15:37 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Code Tux

> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 11:57:55AM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > If only the Linux distributions paid the same attention to security as 
> > the *BSD people.
> 
> I think it comes down to this: bsd is a marginal operating system used by
> sysadmins and geeks, noone else. If Linux was setup as tightly as (for
> example) OpenBSD, noone would use it at the levels we're currently seeing.
> 
> Linux isn't just a server operating system, it's desktops, development
> machines, etc. And high levels of security just aren't needed on those types
> of machines - the opportunity cost of high security is that it makes things
> hard to do, and on a desktop that cost is far too high a price to pay. It's
> possible to make things virtually 100% secure, but I for one would hate to
> work on a network that totalitarian. 
> 
> I'm not saying it's right, but it's the way it is. I threw Mandrake off my
> desktop a while ago when I needed a RH compatible distro because I couldn't
> get any work done with the default install and I'm not willing to spend time
> getting rid of security restrictions. Not an attitude I take with my
> servers, but different tools for different jobs.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
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