lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoIf all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe?www.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down117
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkIf all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe?www.zdnet.comlemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareGalli [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months ago“if” gcc had a Ken Thompson hack how do you secure checks notes anything
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI’m genuinely worried sometimes that a Ken hack has been introduced. I don’t know by who, but possibly some government agency. Then again, we also have a Minix system built into the CPU doing god knows what and we just accept that.
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agohttps://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOoh that’s not creepy at all. Also, damn you BSD license.
“if” gcc had a Ken Thompson hack how do you secure checks notes anything
I’m genuinely worried sometimes that a Ken hack has been introduced. I don’t know by who, but possibly some government agency. Then again, we also have a Minix system built into the CPU doing god knows what and we just accept that.
We do?
https://itsfoss.com/fact-intel-minix-case/
Ooh that’s not creepy at all. Also, damn you BSD license.