Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From:	Andreas Waschbuesch <awaschb@××××.de>
To:	gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-security] Re: Out of air
Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:16:28
Message-Id:	`200411101416.03782.awaschb@gwdg.de`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-security] Re: Out of air by Klaus Wagner

1	epistula illius Klaus Wagner profluit verbis:
2	> [...]
3	> Security, is not only signation and cryptography.
4	> When it comes to signation, I have to trust every point
5	> in the process, and I don't trust cronjobs and "in memory"
6	> passphrases, or even worse unprotected private keys.
7	>
8	> regards klaus
9
10	Full ACK. Some people pointed this out before (more or less specific). But
11	it's no use discussing the everlasting myth of "partial security" and
12	"substituting" trust here. The main purpose of those initiating threads
13	_seems_ to be something completely different.
14
15	Greets - Andy
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18	Andreas Waschbuesch, GAUniversity KG MA FNZ FK01
19	eMail: awaschb@××××.de
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21	Nobody really knows what happiness is, until they're married.
22	And then it's too late.