Thanks for the spoof response Heinz! So lets say I do see a wrong fingerprint. As in "ghost busting" who am I gonna call!?
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Heinz Diehl <htd...@fritha.org> wrote: > On 01.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: > > > As I said, the caveat of all add-on is that they are just as mysterious > > with respect to their actual content as FF itself - and for that matter, > > Windows and Linux and Unix/variants, are just as mysterious. I say this > > because even with open source software, does anyone really have the > > time (AND THE KNOW-HOW) to identify malware in opensotource? > > It's all about trust and your thread model. There are no guarantees, > as you just explained why. You can review the suspicious code > yourself, and if you're not able to do so, you have to trust others. > There is no 100% security. > > > Tens or perhaps hundreds of millions of lines of code (including all > > the apps and libraries). Who is going to do this kind of sanitization?? > > The community which develops the respective piece of software. Most > open source software is not a solo-project, especially not the big > ones. Look at the kernel itself: there are thousands of volunteers > which contribute, and every piece of code is posted on a mailing list > in order to be reviewed by others. This is no guarantee either, > but an actual review of the code. > > > I posit that if there is an honest to truth company that can do this > > (sanitize all open source SW of Linux), would and could charge arms > > and legs for such a product. > > Please repeat with me: "there is no 100% security" ;-) > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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