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From: Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> Subject: Re: Torvalds Slams Theoretical Security Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <pan$26699$6602b79b$4abe425a$df32a923@gnu.rocks> <_OmcnZpYmdE-PYX6nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <pan$a07bd$b7612cf4$ae87cf15$3b59d42c@gnu.rocks> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 29 Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.cmpublishers.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:53:03 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:53:03 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1535 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Bytes: 1942 On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:07:15 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > > Yes, you can go totally overboard on "security", > and, mostly, it won't do much good. Paranoia can > push this to extremes where you can barely use > the system/apps (think Vista) - and I think that's > what Linus is concerned with. > You should read the comments in the Phoronix link. Several posters indicate that there is a vast difference between security that is relevant for a public-facing server and for a desktop workstation. Furthermore, the posters claim, most GNU/Linux distros are configured for public-facing servers only. This is totally ridiculous. As I already stated, there should be a split between servers and workstations. But there is not, and unless one "rolls ones own" then one is stuck with a security-laden and crippled distro. -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.