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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:57:03 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: "Cheradenine Zakalwe" <sc.contact@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: The state of linux security > 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. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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