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Another old security problem

Another old security problem

Posted Sep 9, 2010 15:30 UTC (Thu) by alonz (subscriber, #815)
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Unfortunately, several high-profile kernel developers have shown a distinct antipathy towards anyt issues raised by “crack-addled security people”.

Which attitude serves quite well to reduce community involvement of anyone with security awareness.


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Another old security problem

Posted Sep 9, 2010 15:53 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

I think it's more like those developers have shown antipathy towards some _people_ in the "security circus", more than towards the _issues_ themselves. Linus himself being the archetypal one, he agrees that most kernel bugs can have security implications.

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