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X11/X.Org Security In Bad Shape

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-blame-the-schools dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A presentation at the Chaos Communication Congress explains how X11 Server security with being 'worse than it looks.' The presenter found more than 120 bugs in a few months of security research and is not close to being done in his work. Upstream X.Org developers have begun to call most of his claims valid. The presentation by Ilja van Sprunde is available for streaming."

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  1. ANOTHER Phoronix post? by gcore · · Score: 0, Troll

    Jesus christ. ANOTHER Phoronix post? Isn't this news for nerds - stuff that MATTERS? Phoronix is a link farm where very few posts matter.

  2. Re:Pushing pixmaps around by girlintraining · · Score: 0, Troll

    Isn't that what the UNIX philosophy is supposed to be anyway?

    Adherence to a philosophy in the face of more reasonable alternatives is an act of irrationality. Philosophies are meant to guide, not dictate. When a philosophy is elevated to the status of a belief, it ceases being an idea to free us, and instead becomes something to restrict and control us.

    The engineer in me says the only "philosophy" one should adopt is the one that leads to the most benefits with the fewest drawbacks. If that requires eschewing the current design paradigm for a different one, than so be it.

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