Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:57:03 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: The state of linux security |
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> the relative security of linux and the likely hood that smart people > are able to cause a bit of mindless vandalism or get up to much worse.
Distributions assign CVE numbers to kernel vulnerabilities. As distributions like Fedora ship current kernels they provide a pretty complete summary.
> One more thing I'd like to throw out there on the issue of > accountability is this: How do I know that some developers have not > been paid to specifically introduce some obscure security flaw?
Wrong question. Thats a very naïve basis for thinking about security. Why should end users care whether a flaw was added deliberately or by mistake. What matters is that the flaw is identified. A passive attacker observing a flaw and using it is at least as dangerous if not more so than an active attacker.
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