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Unangst: Rethinking OpenBSD security

([Security] Mar 31, 2020 13:44 UTC (Tue) (corbet))


OpenBSD developer Ted Unangst [1]looks for lessons in a set of recent vulnerabilities in that system. " Even OpenBSD is subject to compromise for the sake of practicality, which is how some legacy designs stick around. So the lesson perhaps is to really stick with the principles that work, and not just when convenient. But not always an easy choice to make. "



[1] https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/rethinking-openbsd-security

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