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> You know what else causes less bugs? LESS CODE, AND LESS FEATURES. The less code there is running on a system, the less code there is to exploit, and the less
by pulisse 7y ago
> You know what else causes less bugs? LESS CODE, AND LESS FEATURES. The less code there is running on a system, the less code there is to exploit, and the less bugs there are likely to be. PID 1 is a SACRED, HOLY, Process Identifier. Code that runs with this PID has control over the ENTIRE SYSTEM. An exploit in PID 1 is LITERALLY game over.
That's an odd point to make in defense of systemd, since one of the primary objections to its use on servers is that it has vastly more surface area than is required for process supervision.
- kohtatsu 7y agoThat point wasn't in defence of systemd.