Just as we are talking about OpenSSL and mega stupidity here is a highlight from the cleanup at OpenBSD:



--->

Log message:
Do not feed RSA private key information to the random subsystem as
entropy. It might be fed to a pluggable random subsystem....
<---



via http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=139773689013690&w=2



"Hey guys we need some entropy to feed the random number generator!"



"Hm, wait, what have we got? Our RSA private keys should have some entropy, no?"



"Sure, great idea, I'll check it in ..."



Not sure if those guys get paid or not though. :)



++jp















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Von: unSYSTEM [unsystem-bounces@???]" im Auftrag von "Anthony D'Onofrio [iamtexture@???]
Gesendet: Freitag, 18. April 2014 02:20
An: System undo crew
Betreff: Re: [unSYSTEM] OpenSSL has exploit mitigation countermeasures to make sure it's exploitable.

"Interestingly all intrinsic motivation gets destroyed once extrinsic motivation gets applied to a formerly intrinsically motivated worker and the quality of the work drops to the level of someone doing his job merely to pay the rent explaining the mega stupidity you are refering to."

This is actually a pretty good argument for collectivism.


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???<mailto:genjix@riseup.net>> wrote:
ohhhhhh thanks a lot u basterd! :D

>
> Amir said --->
> "when you have small overworked teams which consistently perform better
> than large orgs or popular software, we can certainly say there's some
> mega stupidity going on here."
> <---
>
> In psychology one differentiates between intrinsic and extrinsic
> motivation to work.
>
> Intrinsic motivation is basically the joy to create something like a
> coder's delight when his idea and its implementation work out and his OS
> software is being used by lots of people who prove him right and useful.
> Extrinsic motivation is basically a paycheck. The former unsurprisingly
> delivers a much more creative and productive result than the latter.
>
> Interestingly all intrinsic motivation gets destroyed once extrinsic
> motivation gets applied to a formerly intrinsically motivated worker and
> the quality of the work drops to the level of someone doing his job merely
> to pay the rent explaining the mega stupidity you are refering to.
>
> So I guess coders who work on relly important shit shouldn't get paid ;).
>
> ++jp
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