On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at sfu.ca> wrote: > >> >> I'd love to hear about the "old and unmaintainable code". It's open >> source code. If somethings broken you can fix it right!?! That's the open >> source mantra! Either provide a set of reasons why it should be removed >> and the alternatives that cover all the use cases of TCP Wrappers or let >> the code, that obviously works remain there undisturbed. It's an extra >> layer of security that administrators can use to secure their systems and >> it's dead simple to understand! >> > > +1 +1 > If it works, it works. Period. It doesn't matter if it was coded by an > ancient civilization carved in stone, or that it hasn't been updated in > centuries. > > Perhaps it hasn't been updated in centuries precisely because it work,s so > there's no need to update it! > > FC MP