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Subject: Re: Alan Shih: "TCP IP Offloading Interface"
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On Llu, 2003-07-14 at 20:14, David griego wrote:
> How does one measure the reliability and security of current software TCP/IP 
> stacks?  

You stick them on irc servers, porn sites and unpopular news sites and
wait. Alternatively you can use the fact you have the source to do
formal verifications on them looking for everything from bugs to NSA
backdoors to the IPSEC. People have been doing both.