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New zero-day flaw hits millions of Linux servers, also affects most Android devices
ZD Net ^ | January 19, 2016 -- 19:53 GMT | by Zack Whittaker

Posted on 01/20/2016 6:32:48 PM PST by Swordmaker

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To: r_barton

Obviously you have never worked in software development.

I develop daily. It’s complicated tying a lot of functionality together in a single entity. Exploiting one of these exploits hard! The code and who wrote it is all tracked. Most of these exploits are good intentioned code...with a blindspot.


21 posted on 01/21/2016 6:23:01 AM PST by the_boy_who_got_lost (ThingsITrustMoreThanHillary.com - GodBlessAmerica.us)
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To: the_boy_who_got_lost

The Linux kernel, as an example, has almost 20,000,000 lines of code and 14,000 authors, most of them volunteers. A lot of room there for exploits. Especially if the back door code or purposely flawed code is developed elsewhere (govt think tank) and designed to be stealthy. Wake up people.

Also, Tor, the so called underground internet, was funded, designed and developed by the U.S. government.


22 posted on 01/21/2016 6:33:33 AM PST by r_barton ("Trump" word origin "Triumph" - Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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