Wietse Venema Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems.”

“Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software.”

“This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.”