Distributions quote of the week

Posted Mar 18, 2022 9:56 UTC (Fri) by bagder (guest, #38414)
In reply to: Distributions quote of the week by Paf
Parent article: Distributions quote of the week

> The repeated statement that “most security problems were found in components this would include, so why bother” is a perfect recap of those “how common is X” maps that are just population density maps.

(I am Daniel, quoted above)

I never said "why bother" and I wouldn't. The reality is that we find more (security) problems in code we use more. This is just natural and I would expect this is a pattern in most software. There's nothing strange or peculiar about it. But since it is still a reality, I think it is worth highlighting as this proposal is made in the name of security.

> This is just another measure of the fact that curl is 99% an invisible system component for pulling data via HTTP, HTTPS and perhaps FTP, and 1% an admin protocol wrangler.

[Citation needed]