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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by kayoone on Friday September 30, 2016 @11:09AM (#12612905)
Just last week i heard a talk at a conference about this very topic because many of these smart IoT devices have horrible software and shoddy security practices and are basically never checked by their owners, while having quite powerful socs nowadays.
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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by eriknstr on Friday September 30, 2016 @11:19AM (#12612970)
The IoTification is fast approaching and I believe that only OpenBSD can save us now. Well, one can wish anyway... for a safe and open source future.
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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by JoelBennett on Friday September 30, 2016 @11:39AM (#12613094)
How does OpenBSD save us from poorly written software?
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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by RandomlyGen on Monday October 03, 2016 @07:57AM (#12626709)
>safe

In 99% of cases these devices are exploited using vulnerabilities in the software or configuration added by the vendor (such as telnet access with root:root), not bugs in Linux.

>open source

How exactly would a permissively licensed kernel get vendors to disclose the source code?

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