6 Oct
2003
6 Oct
'03
2:40 p.m.
E.B. Dreger wrote:
HTTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. Thus HTTP is a bad idea.
SMTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. Thus SMTP is a bad idea.
SNMP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. Thus SNMP is a bad idea.
Come to think of it, IP stacks have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient checking. IP is a bad idea, too.
No, please do not twist my words; I referrred to poor implementations of good ideas. Nowhere did I say that the protocol is bad as a result of poor implementations. Peter