Wietse Venema

Books by Wietse Venema

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For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way.
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As of today, the Postfix mail transport agent has almost 50,000 lines of code, comments not included.
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The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.
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My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated.
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At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.
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Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls.
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