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Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:30:29 -0400
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:13:29 -0600, John Schiel said:
i was beginning to wonder how secure systemd is also.
One of the 3 CIA pillars of security is "availability". And if it's oh-dark-30, figuring out what symlink is supposed to be where for a given failed systemd unit can be a tad challenging. At least under sysvinit, either /etc/rc5.d/S50foobar is there or it isn't(*). And if they carry through on their systemd-console threat, that could get even worse - that introduces a whole new pile of risks for being unable to diagnose early boot bugs So yeah, there's security issues other than "can it be hacked because it's got a huge surface area". (*) Unless you're really having a bad night and it's a hard link to /dev/sda1 or something. :)
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- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT] Randy Bush (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT] Barry Shein (Oct 23)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jeffrey Ollie (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jamie Lawrence (Oct 23)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Miles Fidelman (Oct 23)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch John Schiel (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jeffrey Ollie (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch John Schiel (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jeffrey Ollie (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Miles Fidelman (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Randy Bush (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jeffrey Ollie (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jeffrey Ollie (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Israel G. Lugo (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jay Ashworth (Oct 24)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch George Herbert (Oct 22)
- Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch Jeffrey Ollie (Oct 22)