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Linus' reaction: https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/PeFp4zYWY46 https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/PeFp4zYWY46
by ilkkao 9y ago
Linus' reaction: https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/PeFp4zYWY46 https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/PeFp4zYWY46
- d33 9y agoIt's quite unsettling that Linus thinks as much of security in general, given that he maintains a kernel and he's responsible for accepting its security modules that are next to unusable because of their complexity. Could his general disbelief lead to a (kind of) dismissive attitude in this respect? Keep in mind he's the one that would never properly disclose of a security fix - instead of saying which problem is fixed, the general approach is to just publish a new kernel minor release and say "some security bugs are fixed, go figure".
- tptacek 9y agoPeople who work in vulnerability research generally just point and laugh at him. His opinion on this doesn't matter.
- zokula 9y agoAnd the people who focus on real security point and laugh at the so called "vulnerability research engineers", and agree with Linus point.
- d33 9y agoI'll bite. What's "real security"?
- lawnchair_larry 9y agoNo, that isn’t a thing