[LINK] Expert: Simplicity is key to keeping code secure

[Howard Lowndes]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Rachel Polanskis wrote:

> I defy most even hardcore Windoze admins to tell me just what some of
> those cryptic named files actually do or if they have a right to exist,
> whereas at least on a UNIX box, I can say with a reasonable amount of
> certainty what a file does and why it is there.  And if I do not,
> I have tools at my disposal built into the OS to help me work out what
> they are.

And yet ppl still think the *nix is esoteric.

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