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From: u-wsnj@aetey.se
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Cc: busybox@busybox.net
Subject: Re: Re: Busybox on musl is affected by CVE-2015-1817
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:02:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150402180208.GD4456@example.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150402153825.GX6817@brightrain.aerifal.cx>

On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 11:38:25AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > Unfortunately I can not really appreciate its beauty which appears to hide
> > the complexity and/or move it to other parties (like the dynamic linker
> > or the software maintenance infrastructure). Yes it "looks simple and
> > efficient" but is it, really?
> 
> It's not.

This was intended to be a rhetorical question
but a clear statement surely does not hurt.

> > Unfortunately even seasoned gurus easily create / fail to notice holes!
> > :(
> 
> I'd much rather eliminate the opportunity for the hole from the start.

Exactly. Honestly this is what I meant.

Rune



      reply	other threads:[~2015-04-02 18:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-30  5:31 Rich Felker
2015-03-31 19:07 ` Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-31 23:11   ` Justin Cormack
2015-03-31 23:51     ` Rich Felker
2015-03-31 23:48   ` Rich Felker
2015-04-01  7:41     ` u-wsnj
2015-04-01  7:52       ` Raphael Cohn
2015-04-01  8:11       ` Harald Becker
2015-04-01  8:49         ` u-wsnj
2015-04-02 13:56           ` Harald Becker
2015-04-02 17:26             ` Рысь
2015-04-02 18:16               ` Harald Becker
2015-04-03  4:40                 ` Рысь
2015-04-04  5:35                   ` Harald Becker
2015-04-02 18:36               ` u-wsnj
2015-04-03  4:51                 ` Рысь
2015-04-03 10:31                   ` [OT] setuid (Re: Busybox on musl is affected by CVE-2015-1817) u-wsnj
2015-04-02 15:38           ` Re: Busybox on musl is affected by CVE-2015-1817 Rich Felker
2015-04-02 18:02             ` u-wsnj [this message]

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