On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 09:27, Nikola M <minik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Only way you can be sure is when you use OS that is Open Source. > Everything closed makes very much reasonable to be paranoid.
This is not true. The paranoid have to agree with Ken Thompson: http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html . If one claims to be paranoid but doesn't go that far (the compiler, then the assemblers and loaders, then the microcode…), then he/she is at risk of just being misguided. :) If you are not paranoid, at least DTrace and other observability tools give you a few ways to be reassured about what your system does, or the certainty that hiding a Ken Thompson-style trick would require a whole lot of trojan horses. ;) As an aside, I wouldn't bet my own business on Oracle's marketing strategy now (neither would Oracle's marketing strategy ever try to reach me), but I am very glad that Alan and other Oracle people hang around Illumos and OI lists and offer help and advice. Thanks! -- Emanuele _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
