On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 16:15:20 +0200 Antony Stone <antony.st...@devuan.open.source.it> wrote:
> On Monday 09 July 2018 at 16:10:02, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >> Actually the Linux kernel is the most scrutinized and secure piece of >> software that's around. > > Interesting claim. > > Citation/s? https://www.linuxfoundation.org/2017-linux-kernel-report-landing-page/ https://storage.pardot.com/6342/188781/Publication_LinuxKernelReport_2017.pdf Version Developers Companies 4.8 1,597 262 4.9 1,729 270 4.10 1,680 273 4.11 1,741 268 4.12 1,821 274 4.13 1,681 225 "Since the beginning of the git era (the 2.6.11 release in 2005), a total of 15,637 developers have contributed to the Linux kernel; those developers worked for a minimum of 1,513 companies." And this lists only those developers and companies who contributed to the official code; it does not list security auditors or developers/companies who work on custom versions of the kernel. Alessandro _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
