Posted on 05/19/2004 8:47:14 PM PDT by Bush2000
MOre importantly not one reboot..
Of course he doesn't because there are none. Nope, I didn't just install XP, only to need to turn off several services and delete several included apps I didn't want (some of them known security or spam problems), nor did I, after installing SP1, have to install an additional 18 critical security patches (including SP1 we're talking over 160 MB of patches). Nope, the after-installation work to get the box relatively secure didn't take most of a morning.
So you're saying that since CVS has security flaws, then the entire Linux kernel is under suspicion?
If you remember from the other thread, this is what Tanenbaum was warning against. Take the performance hit, but get the security and stability bonus.
Of course, a lot of people freaked with Microsoft moved the NT video drivers down to kernel level, making it pretty much totally monolithic too.
Come on Bush, that's a pretty strong claim that I think you made, and I'd like to know if Linux's integrity is compromised by this CVS flaw. I don't know much about that CVS exploit, but could someone insert a backdoor into the definitive Linux kernel if they compromised CVS? That would definitely be a bad thing if that is indeed your claim.
Good, but you seemed to imply that holes in CVS could compromise the kernel. Is that true?
Near as I can tell, it was supposed to be.
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