Security Holes Draw Linux Developers' Ire

jd writes "In what looks to be a split that could potentially undermine efforts to assure people that Linux is secure and stable, the developers of the GRSecurity kit and RSBAC are getting increasingly angry over security holes in Linux and the design of the Linux Security Modules. LWN has published a short article by Brad Spengler, the guy behind GRSecurity and it has stoked up a fierce storm, with claims of critical patches being ignored, good security practices being ignored for political reasons, etc. Regardless of the merits of the case by either side, this needs to be aired and examined before it becomes more of a problem. Especially in light of the recent kernel vulnerability debated on Slashdot."

Comments

Re:Misunderstanding of words

[Tangwei]

Where M$ disregards problems as "product enacments", Open Source people regard them as "Some Elses Problem". It's time for people to grow up, and realize that David and Golith are not just some Cnet article, but reale fu*cking life.

Re:Here it comes

[Tangwei]

The problem with the current Linux community is that they want to be known. Troll am I not, but drunk ass mofo who loves open source and is a bit pissed off am I. The prolblem with secuity through obscuirty is that it's exaclty the course that people who code for Open Source are following. They think that because the free coding loving people are the only ones who inspect what they are doing, that little things like security trenches are ingsnfigant (fuck spelling, it just gets in the way) to the end result. Spin and really long words aside... all I am saying is that coders for open source need to realize that no only are thier peers looking at what they do, but also those asswhipes who want money too. Linux is getting to popular not to ignore the asswhipes of the world.

Linux being (un)Secure

[p0rnking]

2 things that I find funny about this (without RTFA):
- Windows ain't the only one that's not secure (and neither is IE, *cough* Mozilla *cough*)
- And no one cuts up Linux because of it's insecurites (if so, they'll be modded as a Troll or Flamebait).

Re:OK, if not Fedora Core..

[OP_Boot]

doesn't mean the end of the f-ing world is neigh.

No need to get on your high horse....... :-)

"Linux", like a virgin, touchedfortheveryfirsttime

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

ATTENTION SLASHDOT ASSHOLE FROM LAST YEAR who bullshitted about Linux being so God-damned secure compared to "crappy" Windows. Eat shit and die! I told you if it were under assault even remotely as much as Windows, it would crack like your over-masturbated penis skin. Eat shit and die, you God-damned ignorant fuck!