software integrity

Marcus J. Ranum mjr at cthulhu.welch.jhu.edu
Sat May 6 16:54:54 AEST 1989


"Bill Weissborn" <WEISSBORN at ntcvx1.sdr.slb.com>:
>My boss has asked me to ask the keepers of the archive-server what, if
>any, steps are taken to ensure that the software does not have any
>viruses, worms, etc.  I realize that we have the source, but is the code
>checked in any way before posting to the server?

Why not ask Sun the same question ?! They don't even appear to test some
executables before they release operating systems...   1/2 :-)

That's it ! SunOs4.0 is a virus !!   :-) :-) :-)   (really :-P)

--mjr();
<my opinion only, not the opinion of my employer, or of Strummer The Cat>



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