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> Initially, the Azure Sphere OS team tried using SSH server with a fixed root password for security Umm, what??

• 3pt14159 8y ago
  It's so bad out there Alex. Tanks are running around with hardcoded admin passwords and most devices use unencrypted, unauthenticated busses. Often multi-master. Why? Because it's easier. That's it. And for a while it was fine because bridgeware wasn't a thing and we hadn't started connecting everything to the internet.
  • pjmlp 8y ago
    Morris Worm happened in 1988 thanks to C's "security features", yet little has been done, beyond putting band aids on top of band aids. Maybe I get to see some kind of "Safe C" actually being adopted in the UNIX world, before the 50 years' anniversary of the Worm.
    • noir_lord 8y ago
      50 years from 1988 is 2038, I think we'll all be busy running around trying to figure out if we have anything still running on 32bit hardware ;).
      • pjmlp 8y ago
        I was being sarcastic as I am sceptic about the industry at large actually caring about without a couple of massive lawsuits. Cheap always trumps quality unless there are some legal requirements going on.