RE: SendGate: Sendmail Multiple Vulnerabilities (Race Condition DoS, Memory Jumps, Integer Overflow)
Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > You would probably expect me to the be last person to say
> > that Sendmail is perfectly within their rights. I have
> > had a lot of problems with what they are doing.
> >
> > But what did you pay for Sendmail? Was it a dollar, or was
> > it more? Let me guess. It was much less than a dollar. I
> > bet you paid nothing.
> >
> > So does anyone owe you anything, let alone a particular process
> > which you demand with such length?
>
Gadi Evron wrote:
> So you are basically saying open source free software can't
> be trusted to hold high standards or be reliable or secure
> if I don't pay for it?
What he is basically saying is that you hold no right whatever
to demand it.
The "International Infrastructure's" need doesn't constitute
a claim on Sendmail or its developers. As Theo stated, if
that's unacceptable, buy software with a commercial license
(which would then give you the right to demand that trust, as
included in the license).
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Michael A Fusaro II
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