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Date:      Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:03:03 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD security auditing project.
Message-ID:  <19991123140303.B49964@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <199911232049.WAA82007@gratis.grondar.za>; from mark@grondar.za on Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 10:49:09PM %2B0200
References:  <199911232049.WAA82007@gratis.grondar.za>

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> So when Joe Blow clicks on (say) src->bin->cat he'll find that
> (say) markm eyballed the code and kris diffed it with OpenBSD
> and merged in <blah> fixes - "cat now considered safe".

Until the next commit to cat.

A security review is never done.  We need to be in a mode where every
commit is suspect and people are compelled to review it.  BDE's use of
CTM to review changes is actually rather affective in this reguard.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)


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