4 ms·
That is the kind of comment that freaks me out on HACKER news.
by tommek4077 5y ago
That is the kind of comment that freaks me out on HACKER news.
- aeturnum 5y agoIf you know a problem is hard and the consequences for doing it wrong are potentially serious, it would be irrational to not consider selecting a well-managed third party solution. Being a hacker doesn't mean being all-knowing and the best hacks are done with the knowledge of human limits (both of the hacker and of the maker of the system being hacked).
- otterley 5y agoNot everybody hacks on everything. Many of us pick and choose our hobbies. I don't sysadmin my phone for the same reason.
- godelski 5y agoWhy? Specialization is a thing. Not everyone specializes in security. Which let's be real, being an expert in security is really difficult, especially since it's a constantly moving goal post. Unless you're an expert it's probably not a good idea to roll your own.
- tigroferoce 5y agoAlso, to run your own service you must specialize in security AND devops. The two thing overlaps a bit, but not 100%. And you must hope that every contact you are talking to has the same knowledge.
- xchaotic 5y agoso much this - you can make a service 100% secure - by shutting it down. But if you want to stay online and be secure at the same time, there's always some resource tradeoff between the two