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Solar Designer on Openwall

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-easier-to-hack-together-great-things-all-the-time dept.

Demonfly writes to tell us that Solar Designer, who some would argue is one of the more respected security experts on the net, took the time to answer a few questions about the future of Openwall, the security enhanced GNU/Linux distro. From the interview: "There's real demand specifically for security-enhanced Linux systems. Linux is widespread, it has good hardware support, there's a lot of software available for it (including some commercial packages), and there are system administrators with specific Linux skills. Of course, OpenBSD and other *BSDs have their user bases, too - and people are working on the security of those systems. No, Linux (the kernel) is not a better choice than *BSDs security-wise. But it is not substantially worse either."

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  1. ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER by mnemonic_ · · Score: 0, Troll

    I seem to recall reading that SDF -had- Linux, in a past life, but - after an intrusion - -now- use NetBSD or the like.

    Talk about convoluted punctuation. Try to write more with words rather than symbols:

    I seem to recall reading that SDF used Linux in a past life, but now uses NetBSD (or the like) after an intrusion.

    Not that your post (or that sentence) is flawless beyond that, it's just over-punctuating seems to be spreading among poor writers; dashes in particular are popular. I'm just fighting the good fight to stop it.