On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Rogelio Serrano <[email protected] > wrote:
> Is it really that big of a deal that people should stop using open source? > Good question.. my answer to that is no. I just think that a lot of people are overreacting to this. Probably in part due to how Codenomicon approached their disclosure of this bug, plus you will notice the timeframe when the heartbleed.com/org domains got registered prior to public disclosure... and the list goes on. Even more heated exchange of rhetorics can be had at Full Disclosure, involving no less than Paul Vixie, and others.. > It was a stupid bug and people learned a lot today. > Definitely. There were more 'serious' bugs in other software than this - ones that are guaranteed instant root and data exfiltration... > Open source software is used in critical infrastructure today. Billions > are being spent on open source development and it's not just for hobbyists > anymore. > > I remember the days when I was told I commuted career suicide when I went > open source. > So they say... > The only proprietary software I use nowadays are the firmware on this > phone and my laptop and the websites I read. So I am biased. Yeah Whatever. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- -- Romar Micabalo (aka 'hardwyrd') SysAdmin / Consultant / Linux & FOSS Evangelist http://www.about.me/rmr.micabalo ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !"
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