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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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