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> I had expected the OpenBSD crowd to be out in force talking up the operating system but they've been surprisingly subdued The OpenBSD motto is "shut up and h
by glass- 12y ago
> I had expected the OpenBSD crowd to be out in force talking up the operating system but they've been surprisingly subdued
The OpenBSD motto is "shut up and hack". Look at the work that is being done recently with libressl, openssh, the new httpd, signify, static PIE, xorg privilege separation etc. etc.
They're letting the code do the talking.
- Quequau 12y agoI don't think that the OpenBSD crowd's response to the OpenSSH vulnerabilities are an example of some motto of "shut up and hack" at all. In fact, I find their response to demonstrate the difference in reactions that got my attention. Heartbleed provoked substantial discussion as well as the LibreSSL project.
- tedunangst 12y agoWhat OpenSSH vulnerabilities?
- wtetzner 12y agoYou mean the OpenSSL vulnerabilities?
- yellowapple 12y agoIf by "OpenSSH" you actually meant "OpenSSL" (I'm a seasoned sysadmin and I still get those mixed up in conversation, so don't worry), then yes, the crowd's response was certainly an example of "shut up and hack": the OpenBSD devs wrote libressl to replace it, cutting out as much of the insecure cruft as they physically could.