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Message-ID: <40649F2F.8080007@immunitysec.com>
From: dave at immunitysec.com (Dave Aitel)
Subject: Talk in #grsecurity

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Joshua Brindle wrote:

|
| So I ask grsecurity fans, why would you run the software of someone
|  no better than the people trying to crack your machine? This is
| not responsible behaviour and shows a clear disregard for security
| and safety of others.
|

Whatever. It shows a clear disregard for people using half-solutions
which don't work. This is normal behavior. The fact is that grsecurity
is a hundred times better then the alternatives - and anyone using the
alternatives has made some sort of comprimise that leaves them open to
attack, and probably already knows it.

- -dave

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