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[–] danielfgom 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

On the upside they are helping secure Linux because now the the appropriate action can be taken to prevent this in future.

I'm sure a security patch has already been released. The Linux community normally addresses these things very quickly.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm all for looking on the bright side but this is a bit much lol

Linux users online tend to get very high and mighty every time another OS has a sucurity bug. But it's a good thing for Linux hehe

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux users online tend to get very high and mighty every time another OS has a sucurity bug. But it's a good thing for Linux hehe

That's because illuminating security vulnerabilities is VERY GENERALLY a good thing for an open source community driven software that can be more agile than closed and private code bases that are GENERALLY entrenched in a corporate structure slowed by all of the inertia inherent in those systems.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

There's no actual vuln here is there? It's just a persistent backdoor that hides with some elf and kernel tricks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can literally say this about any and all security breaches, so long as the victims resolve, and fix the breach.

[–] danielfgom 1 points 1 year ago

Sure. I'm not excusing it, just saying now they we know about it, at least it can get patched. Nothing worse than having a security hole going unpatched for years.