Subj : Re: distro
To : Nightfox
From : MRO
Date : Thu Dec 21 2017 10:24 pm
Re: Re: distro
By: Nightfox to MRO on Thu Dec 21 2017 06:47 pm
> MR> you should be more suspicious of the everyday linux contributers. those
> MR> are the guys putting backdoors into shit that is putting us all at
> MR> risk.
> Are you wearing a tin foil hat, by chance?
looks like SOMEONE DOESNT PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEWS.
> One time I had a job interview and the interviewer asked what I thought
> about Linux. He told me he had more trust in Windows, because there's a
> small dedicated team of people who are paid to develop Windows, and he
> trusted that they'd make a good product. I guess there's some sense to
> that, but he also said that since Linux is free and open-source, he thought
> anyone could go and put malware in Linux. I hightly doubt that's the case..
> My understanding is that there's a review process, and bad stuff would be
> caught fairly soon. I think the fact that Linux is open-source is one of
> its strengths - There are many developers contributing to it, probably far
> more than the number of people at any one company. Security holes seem to
> be fixed fairly quickly (I remember the 'Heartbleed' bug that was reported a
> couple years ago, and it was fixed fairly quick).
So, heartbleed was fixed fairly quickly, eh? it can only be fixed if someone
finds it. this one careless guy created a huge security issue that went on for
more than 2 years.
open source is NOT a strength. it's a weakness. you are only as strong as your
weakest link and open source software can have random unqualified
'contributers', messing with code. that's a fact.
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