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Unix/Linux is successful because for decades its apparently been ok to ignore the gaping security hole specifically left out of the cloning of Multics. Without
by mikewarot 4y ago
Unix/Linux is successful because for decades its apparently been ok to ignore the gaping security hole specifically left out of the cloning of Multics. Without a way to run untrusted executables, it us completely unfit for the current 24/7 connectivity and mobile code environment we find ourselves inhabiting. We've patched around it with VMs and Containers, but we all just need a way to hand a file to an untrusted program, and that's the balls part of Multics that Unix cut away.
- hulitu 4y agoI don't think Multics run a RCE program like Firefox or Chrome. When your RCE program has "accelerated graphics", all bets are off.
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- mixmastamyk 4y agoSounded familiar: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34377822 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34377822