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Rob Pike, 2004 Nothing's really changed today. The workarounds have become smoother and some of the things we can do with networks of Unix machines are pretty
by Baldbvrhunter 3y ago
Rob Pike, 2004
Nothing's really changed today. The workarounds have become smoother and some of the things we can do with networks of Unix machines are pretty impressive, but when ssh is the foundation of your security architecture, you know things aren't working as they should.
https://slashdot.org/story/04/10/18/1153211/rob-pike-responds https://slashdot.org/story/04/10/18/1153211/rob-pike-respond...
- tomrod 3y agoWhere can I learn more about securing networks? SSH is something I know well by inertia (academic upbringing, and seems like SSH is ubiquitous!). What are the alternatives?
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoThere aren't any good alternatives as like you say, SSH is everywhere.
- toxik 3y agoI feel like this is quoting out of context. Pike was saying that SSH is the absolute bare minimum of integration between systems on a network you could ask for, and that Plan9 and others have had much greater visions.
- asveikau 3y agoAfter that quote he says hardware getting smaller will disrupt Microsoft and make desktops and laptops seem old. The thing he describes next is very different from a smartphone (which to be clear, existed in 2004) but seems like a good insight.