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[1] (Debian had a weak PRNG for ~2 years in ~2006-2008) teaches us every distribution or OS vendor can make huge mistakes, with very simple actions (ie. the sys
by Fnoord 7y ago
[1] (Debian had a weak PRNG for ~2 years in ~2006-2008) teaches us every distribution or OS vendor can make huge mistakes, with very simple actions (ie. the systems are complicated).
(I'm not saying you should not trust Debian though.)
I do wonder if a stateful OS such as nixOS can help mitigate the threat of malware easier (sans extradition of data, for that we'd need capability-based security, or something like pledge). If it'd be user-friendly, like TimeMachine, that is.
[1] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/random_number_b.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/random_number...