--- Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What we need to keep in mind, is that techincally, just because we > keep our mind in security for the first concern, it should not take > as an excuse for delivering slow processing. > > Sacrifice correctness for speed is completing nonsense. I cannot even > try to understand it: what is the value of a program processing tasks > fast and devilering wrong results. > > So, the next time some justify openbsd being less faster than X, or > even Y because of its security oriented models, i wonder that's the > real motivation behind the scenes. > > One good example, the the qmail, extremely fast and secure. So, > secure is not a trade off for speed. > > > Just my opnions so far.
It's not an excuse, it's a matter of how correctness is done. As in, things must be properly error checked, etc. This requires more processing time. So, speed /is/ a sacrific of correctness. Qmail is "fast" compared to what, sendmail? That bloated piece of software with config files the technical equivalent to black voodoo magic? I'd attribute the faster qmail to a leaner program. best regards, Reid Nichol President Bush says: War Is Peace Freedom Is Slavery Ignorance Is Strength Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
