On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:22 PM, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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..
there is no such thing as perfect system either.... im not saying to stop using open source.. just use whatever you want either open or close and know what are the *risks*... >> >> 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... stupid or not.. there are still in there... just waiting to be discovered.... fooler. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
