On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 04:01:45 AM Rick Moen wrote:
[a great deal of energetically missing the point, snipped]
No I'm just making a point that you want to ignore.
The Linux kernel is much larger than systemd and has many more interfaces to sources of hostile data.
The security problem primarily raised by systemd has very little to do with the init or its ancillary and unneccessary daemons (hostnamed,
Which is still a minor issue compared to web browsers, MUAs, and other programs which directly and predictably accept data from potentially hostile sources. On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 07:44:29 AM Peter Ross wrote:
I find your argumentation quite weird.. "even if there is an issue, there are others in the system". With your background, it is certainly astonishing.
If there is a problem with a flimsy door lock it does not matter whether the windows are secured by metal bar. The burglar looks for weak spots.
Where the flimsy door lock is your typical web browser or MUA and systemd is a window that has bars that aren't as thick as you like. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/