moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoLinus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainerswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square373fedilinkarrow-up1853arrow-down127
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minus-squarer00ty@kbin.lifelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down15·13 hours agoAnd I’ll say the same here as I did above. If it was for security, their code is tainted too. It’s an arbitrary reaction that is not complete as a solution to anything.
minus-squareYeetPics@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 minutes agoYou can’t untaint code if the tainters (lol that sounds funny) can still edit the code. If Torvalds is correct (he is), patching can now take place for vulnerabilities. Good point!
minus-squarewalden@sub.wetshaving.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·11 hours agoThey can check existing code. You have to be able to trust people who are contributing. They can check new code by these risky people as it comes in, but it why risk it?
And I’ll say the same here as I did above. If it was for security, their code is tainted too. It’s an arbitrary reaction that is not complete as a solution to anything.
You can’t untaint code if the tainters (lol that sounds funny) can still edit the code.
If Torvalds is correct (he is), patching can now take place for vulnerabilities.
Good point!
They can check existing code. You have to be able to trust people who are contributing.
They can check new code by these risky people as it comes in, but it why risk it?