* L?VAI D?niel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-16 13:40:13]: > On 2008. May 16. 11:59:33 Tim Post wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 10:21 +0100, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > > > http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html > > > > That reminds me of a story where investigators were stumped for 3 > > months trying to get data off a 1541 5.25" drive connected to a > > Commodore 64. I wish I could find the link to it. > > > > I'm not so worried about that particular project (for obvious > > reasons), but I have been putting together a plan to move anything > > that talks to the world to OBSD. > > > > Then, when everyone will use OpenBSD, and have calmed down, the devs > will unhide a super-secret secretly hidden remote hole, and the > computers will turn into one big playground for the OpenBSD folks ;) > > (just fooling around.. of course)... > > Daniel > > -- > LEVAI Daniel > PGP key ID = 0x4AC0A4B1 > Key fingerprint = D037 03B9 C12D D338 4412 2D83 1373 917A 4AC0 A4B1 > >
Well, in a way, diversity of operating systems is a good thing in terms of security. However, if the diverse population is made up of buggy crap, then you see less of a benefit. The worst case scenario is when you have a single operating system having a majority, and being crappy. -- Travers Buda
