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Linus Torvalds' Followup On Software Security, Sensationalism And
Self-Stimulating Simians
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| Here is his response:
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| Heh. I did talk to an OpenBSD [developer], and offered to apologize if they
| really thought "masturbating monkeys" was offensive, but at least that
| developer just found it funny.
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| So from that (admittedly very limited) sample, the actual developers are sane
| people, and (as usual) the problem is the whole media circus around security.
| Which was the whole point of the thread and the context in which I called
| people monkeys in the first place, which is kind of ironic.
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| Not that I'm surprised, of course.
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| Anyway, I find - yet again - that security issues get sensationalized, and
| that people seem to have trouble reacting to them sanely and with any kind of
| rational behavior. Which is what I was ranting against.
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| And yes, I think I was extremely unfair in ranting against the OpenBSD
| developers, although the reason I picked them was that they exemplify to a
| lot of people a single-mindedness about security.
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http://www.crn.com/software/209101208?cid=topicalFeed
Context:
What Linus Torvalds thinks about OpenBSD
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| The gist of Torvalds' longer argument is that there are more interesting bugs
| out there than just security bugs. On that topic I heartily agree with the
| God of Linux. While I am also a contributor to the security bug hype often
| focusing stories that I write on those issues, as a user I know full well
| that it's often the 'regular' bugs that are the issues that actually affect
| me the most.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/07/what-linus-torvalds-thinks-abo.html
Linus : why are we not offended?
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| If you haven't heard yet, Linus Torvalds got a little vulgar when describing
| BSD development and attitude. I'm still tossed on whether or not the metaphor
| Linus used was the best or worst metaphor I've ever heard. The description
| certainly fits the likes of Theo de Raadt, whom I've talked about before, and
| seems appropriate for most of the other BSD developers I've had
| the -dis-pleasure of being in contact with.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/07/linus-why-are-we-not-offended.html
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