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[rysiek]

Dnia poniedziałek, 7 lipca 2014 16:06:47 Dāvis Mosāns pisze:
> I don't agree, I think XMPP could be good solution, while yes attack
> surface is quite large but it will be in any case, because even if you
> create the very minimalist chat protocol possible (let's say basically use
> asymmetric cryptography for messages which are plaintext without any
> features) you still can have bugs in cryptography library, network stack,
> OS/kernel. This part will be same no matter what messaging protocol you
> use.

Exactly. And that's an argument for NOT minimizing the attack surface beyond 
these problems... how exactly?

I mean, your argument is basically: "don't wash your hands, as there might be 
salmonella in the eggs anyway". Dafuq?

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Pozdr
rysiek
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