On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 16:48:34 +0200
Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> wrote:


> "Since the beginning of the git era (the 2.6.11 release in 2005), a
> total of 15,637 developers have contributed to the Linux kernel;
> those developers worked for a minimum of 1,513 companies."
> 
>   And this lists only those developers and companies who contributed
> to the official code; it does not list security auditors or
> developers/companies who work on custom versions of the kernel.

The statement that started the claim was first made by ESR.
The rebuttal is all the security holes that have been found in the code
in various applications through out the Linux Epoch.

However, In support , it beggars disbelief that with all the people
involved in system/network/whatever security and their monitoring
software, that AFAIK no one has made or reported any backdoor in the
linux kernel.

KISS says that it just isn't feasible that all that FOSS software has
been hacked to prevent the detection of a backdoor.

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