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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!olive.mil.adfa.oz.au!navmat.navy.gov.au!posgate.acis.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to Date: 25 Feb 1996 11:58:31 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4gqf17$1lr@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4gi6t6$3h9@lace.colorado.edu> <312D2029.FF6D5DF@FreeBSD.org> <nc0453Dn96w6.93F@netcom.com> <y5ad974s4v4.fsf@graphics.cs.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:18066 comp.os.linux.misc:88649 comp.os.linux.networking:29762 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14391 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2331 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2473 In article <y5ad974s4v4.fsf@graphics.cs.nyu.edu>, David Fox <fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu> wrote: > >Of course, so that you know there is someone standing behind the >system who is competent enough that they have the confidence to take >legal responsibility for the security of the software. Am I out to lunch, or does every single agreement I've ever seen on a shrink-wrap box specifically state that the company makes no respresentations the the software will even boot, much less work or be secure? cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.