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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by vacri on Monday June 26, 2017 @12:19AM (#14634052)
I've always found it weird that de Raadt is admired for being abrasive, and Torvalds is pilloried.

I've always wondered, if the grsec people are such believers of 'security above all else', why they just don't work with OpenBSD instead.

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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by qbrass on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:10AM (#14634452)
>I've always found it weird that de Raadt is admired for being abrasive, and Torvalds is pilloried.

It's because most of the people who get upset about Linus, have never heard of Theo. The ones who have, tend to think he's worse.

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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by Tomte on Monday June 26, 2017 @12:40AM (#14634143)
Lower hanging fruit and much larger potential client base in Linux. grsecurity are a business, after all.
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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by davidgerard on Monday June 26, 2017 @04:02AM (#14634910)
Until someone says "literally everyone uses ssh, you should donate" then watch the excuses fly.
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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by vacri on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:22PM (#14640505)
... because the linux kernel and git are awash with donations from users?
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Re:Linus: Don't bother with grsecurity. Their patches are pu... by jwilk on Monday June 26, 2017 @09:34AM (#14636650)
> de Raadt is admired for being abrasive

[citation needed]

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