[asterisk-dev] [PATCH] Silently drop non-conforming cirpack k eep-alive packets

Steven critch at basesys.com
Wed May 31 17:35:42 MST 2006


On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 17:04 -0600, Colin Anderson wrote:
> >Must...quell...troll urges...  Okay, all better.
> 
> Not a troll, really. One could argue that Microsoft has a bunch of baggage
> to support (and they DO) but Windows represents the most interop-friendly
> software product on the planet. Bar none. An it's because Microsoft took
> *great* pains to ensure things like a crappy Notes client that didn't die
> under Win32 or Wing Commander 2 played on XP. Really. 

And every virus under the sun continues to work. All that interop and
compatibility comes at a HUGE price. Sometimes the price is paid in lack
of security and sometimes it is paid in dll hell. 

Microsoft rarely is worthy of using as a good example.

-- 
Steven <critch at basesys.com>




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