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Theo De Raadt Says FreeBSD Is Just Catching Up On Security

Posted by timothy on from the diplomatic-mission dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The OpenBSD project has no reason to follow the steps taken by FreeBSD with regard to hardware-based cryptography because it has already been doing this for a decade, according to Theo de Raadt. 'FreeBSD has caught up to what OpenBSD has been doing for over 10 years,' the OpenBSD founder told iTWire. 'I see nothing new in their changes. Basically, it is 10 years of FreeBSD stupidity. They don't know a thing about security. They even ignore relevant research in all fields, not just from us, but from everyone.'"

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  1. Quick Wiki Summary by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "De Raadt has been criticized for having a somewhat abrasive personality..."

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    1. Re:Quick Wiki Summary by serviscope_minor · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I've personally exchanged emails with De Raadt on the OpenBSD mailing list. Actually, he weighed in on a conversation which didn't initially involve him. He wa calm, helpful and polite and the discussion was a productive one.

      Why was this? I didn't start off by being extremely rude to him. Because I did my homework and found out as much as I reasonable could with my knowledge and skills. Expecting someone like that to hold my hand and do my homework for me for free no less is exceptionally rude. Somehow many people are too dumb and selfcentred to realise this.

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  2. Re:Yeah by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And usually right.

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  3. Re:so letting the nsa hire someone by EvanED · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...those NSA guys have tainted so much everywhere simply because it is their job description to decrypt sensitive communications for the intelligence community.

    To play devil's advocate for a second (and from someone who is as opposed to the NSA's spying as anyone), they job is also to prevent adversarial spying on us. That presumably applies much more to government functions than day-to-day ones, but if, say, the military or state department actually follows the NSA's suggestions, there's a decent chance that those suggestions are pretty close to as good as it gets.

  4. Re:Now, if... by cold+fjord · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...only OpenBSD would catch up in every OTHER category...

    You can always port or build other software on OpenBSD.

    You can't really bring other operating systems up to OpenBSD security standards with just a compile or two.

    Make your pick: secure, or convenient.

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  5. Re:Now, if... by Arker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What method could possibly be more convenient, simple, and appropriate than opening the file with your text editor of choice and deleting the line?

    What do you expect? Some bulky "management interface" to hold your hand while you take 10 times as long as necessary to do the simple task of *removing an entry from a text file*? What is wrong with you?

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