Subject Re: [Firebird-general] Security paranoia
Author Lester Caine
Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote:
> 07.02.2014 19:17, Lester Caine wrote:
>> The server stack is running on Linux;) I prefer to serve users in real time ...
>
> Linux isn't RT OS as well. And even if it would, there is unpredictable Internet
> between your server and an attacker.
>
>>> So, if your "security expert" manage to success in time-based attack, I would like to
>>> see it.
>> Ishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack simply a piece of fiction?
>
> I can't imagine it working in real life. So, as I said: if anybody succeed, I would
> like to see it.

Personally I totally agree with you ... but I don't have the knowledge to
disprove that this type of attack IS currently happening in real life?
Unfortunately factions who think that open source is a danger to their pocket
like to pick up on what ever miss-information they can find to justify their
existence and perpetuating the miss-information?

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