authorized_keys2 directory idea
Markus Friedl
markus.friedl at informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Tue Jun 5 06:18:55 EST 2001
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 11:10:01PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Markus Friedl wrote:
> >
> > right now openssh is already a little bit too fat,
> > since i did accept to many patches in the past :)
> >
> > so, perhaps, we should only add patches if the remove lines from
> > openssh and make everything _simpler_.
> >
> > remember, this is a security program:
> >
> > "complexity is the enemy"
>
> Too much simplicity will also hinder usability, unfortunately. Some like
maybe, but there is no 'simplicity' in OpenSSH, it's fat and
keeps getting fatter.
> programs simpler than others; many think OpenBSD takes KISS paradigm
> sometimes too far -- others like it that way.
"OpenBSD takes KISS paradigm sometimes too far"?
i really don't think that, OpenBSD is far away from plan9's simplicity.
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