From: Cyber Fonic <cyberfonic@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 security
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 23:13:34 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALj3Nd0nauMxLiUpioOB=7+j_Jt_u0Sn+_WTfBC=fzyHwBogAw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1e801ae2-0d18-4df9-a9a7-ec6480b9b6aa@www.fastmail.com>
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I don't think OpenBSD will run on an ESP-32. That is part of the problem
with IoT, the nodes are made on the cheap and thus use the cheapest viable
network capable device.
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 00:54, Ethan Gardener <eekee57@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Cyber Fonic wrote:
> >
> > It has been said : "The 'S' in IoT stands for security". If Plan9 can
> address that deficiency of the current state of the art for IoT devices,
> then it would be a worthwhile exercise.
>
> Plan 9 may have a decent security model, but it's never been audited.
> Auditing a codebase, even one as small as Plan 9's, is a lot of work. Are
> you willing to make a start on it?
>
> If you want something free and already audited, with more security
> features, (but perhaps not quite the same convenience,) look into OpenBSD.
>
> --
> I love that *Open*BSD is so *security*-focused!
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-20 13:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-26 6:37 [9fans] Plan 9 C compiler for Xtensa CPUs Cyber Fonic
2019-07-26 10:02 ` Rodrigo G. López
2019-07-26 10:30 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-07-26 12:04 ` Rodrigo G. López
2019-07-26 12:12 ` Cyber Fonic
2019-07-26 15:23 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-07-27 9:16 ` Anthony Martin
2019-07-27 11:10 ` Richard Miller
2019-07-27 16:29 ` Anthony Martin
2019-08-07 0:22 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-08-07 8:07 ` Lucio De Re
2019-08-09 14:17 ` Bakul Shah
2019-08-09 14:50 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-08-09 15:50 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-08-09 21:34 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-08-09 21:48 ` Shane Morris
2019-08-09 22:51 ` Bakul Shah
2019-08-09 22:53 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2019-08-10 9:09 ` Cyber Fonic
2019-08-10 9:15 ` Shane Morris
2019-08-10 16:18 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-08-11 18:59 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2019-08-18 14:10 ` Charles Forsyth
2019-08-18 14:28 ` Richard Miller
2019-08-19 11:51 ` Cyber Fonic
2019-08-19 14:52 ` [9fans] Plan 9 security Ethan Gardener
2019-08-20 13:13 ` Cyber Fonic [this message]
2019-08-20 13:28 ` Don A. Bailey
2019-08-23 18:45 ` Ethan Gardener
2019-08-23 19:41 ` Don Bailey
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