A role model for security. Almost.

A role model for security. Almost.
Jason Miller, 2005-06-08

Mark Burnett beat me to it. I was planning to write an article on the relationship between good security and paranoia in the not too distant future. However, it appears that at least one other SecurityFocus columnist shares some of my theories on good security. Either that, or he's somehow capable of reading my mind. Paranoia is generally a good thing to have. Regardless, Mark's article got me wondering about what other traits are valuable in the quest for good security.

Re: A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-29
Matthew Murphy

OpenBSD is perhaps the only (modern) example that is worse than Bernstein's code. Sure, I could secure a system if it were so stripped down as to be barely accessible by default. And that's just good design.

But, the OpenBSD team's "secure by design" effort has not had nearly as much success as...

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