Wietse Venema quotes

Wietse Venema is a renowned computer scientist and programmer, specializing in the field of internet and network security. With over 30 years of experience, Venema has made significant contributions to the development of advanced cybersecurity solutions and protocols. He is best known for his creation of the popular Postfix mail server, widely recognized for its robustness and secure design. Venema's expertise in cryptography and network protocols has positioned him as a sought-after expert and keynote speaker at numerous international conferences. His dedication to internet security has earned him prestigious awards and accolades from the cybersecurity community. Stay informed about Wietse Venema's latest innovations and contributions in the rapidly evolving world of internet security.

The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.

- Wietse Venema

Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code.

- Wietse Venema

For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way.

- Wietse Venema

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

- Wietse Venema

Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software.

- Wietse Venema

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.

- Wietse Venema