Is OpenSMTPD worthy of OpenBSD inclusion?

Re:Is OpenSMTPD worthy of OpenBSD inclusion? by jerf on Monday October 05, 2015 @02:35PM (#10333788)

What tedunangst says is true enough in the logical sense, but it makes me nervous in the human sense. Humans seem prone to the following logic failure:

    1. Object X frequently removes limbs from the user.
    2. Object Y does the same thing, but more safely.
    3. Wait, Object Y causes hangnails if you misuse it hard enough.
    4. It's OK to keep using Object X!

Like many fallacies, this doesn't survive being clearly written out, but I still see it an awful lot.

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Re:Is OpenSMTPD worthy of OpenBSD inclusion? by rhelmer on Monday October 05, 2015 @02:42PM (#10333863)

I don't know, I think it's a pretty fair treatment - there are links to an advisory that Ted thinks Rust could have prevented (http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-02-...) and to a blog post disagreeing with his http://tonyarcieri.com/would-rust-have-prevented-heartbleed-...

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Re:Is OpenSMTPD worthy of OpenBSD inclusion? by jerf on Monday October 05, 2015 @02:44PM (#10333878)

I am saying tedunangst's treatment is fair. What I don't like is what people in general tend to do with the argument. I am not claiming tedunangst is doing that with the argument.

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