Cybersecurity Quote by Wietse Venema

“At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.”

Wietse Venema

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One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion.

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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

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The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.

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Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.

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When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

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