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Re:Out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved with crafted TCP ... by pjc50 on Monday July 03, 2017 @04:51PM (#14691263)
Anything Internet-facing has to accept any kind of packet without crashing, or at least without failing in an exploitable way. That's the bare minimum you-must-be-this-tall entry requirement of security.
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Re:Out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved with crafted TCP ... by stepik777 on Monday July 03, 2017 @04:53PM (#14691286)
I believe it was a joke about how Lennart Poettering usually responds to bug reports.
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Re:Out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved with crafted TCP ... by dogecoinbase on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:15PM (#14691463)
You are correct. See, for example, his recent response to the issue where systemd starts processes belonging to users whose usernames begin with a digit with root privileges: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6237#issuecomment-...

My deepest apologies to HN for the overly-dry sense of humor.

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Re:Out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved with crafted TCP ... by digi_owl on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @01:02PM (#14696982)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
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Re:Out-of-bounds write in systemd-resolved with crafted TCP ... by peterwwillis on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:53PM (#14691692)
Trolling on HN really is like shooting fish in a barrel, isn't it?
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