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Wietse Venema Quotes

Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls Picture Quote #1

However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions Picture Quote #1

I don’t expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot Picture Quote #1

I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise Picture Quote #1

Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code Picture Quote #1

Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance Picture Quote #1

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My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated Picture Quote #1

Sure, but competition is good for the user Picture Quote #1

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause Picture Quote #1

For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way Picture Quote #1

In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems Picture Quote #1

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists Picture Quote #1

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Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software Picture Quote #1

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended Picture Quote #1

Writing software that’s safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting Picture Quote #1

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years Picture Quote #1

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Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls (Wietse Venema Quotes) However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions (Wietse Venema Quotes) I don’t expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot (Wietse Venema Quotes) I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise (Wietse Venema Quotes) Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code (Wietse Venema Quotes) Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance (Wietse Venema Quotes) My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated (Wietse Venema Quotes) Sure, but competition is good for the user (Wietse Venema Quotes) When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause (Wietse Venema Quotes) For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way (Wietse Venema Quotes) In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems (Wietse Venema Quotes) Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists (Wietse Venema Quotes) Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software (Wietse Venema Quotes) This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended (Wietse Venema Quotes) Writing software that’s safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting (Wietse Venema Quotes) At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years (Wietse Venema Quotes)