51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities

Re:51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities by sam0x17 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:00AM (#25456735)

It has it's uses though. For example I used to work at a startup where this super finicky NodeJS script was written by a junior dev that ended up being the main deployment script for client build-outs on one of their products. Fast forward a few years, the old CEO contacts me because he still has a few clients using the platform and has no way of running the script. He pays me to try to get it to run on his machine -- I get it working on Ubuntu but will not run on his Mac because the Mac is no longer supported by whatever weird packages the junior dev was using. Long story short, Docker to the rescue -- now he has a baked-in image that will run that script forever.

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Re:51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities by ethbr0 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:45AM (#25457248)

This is how we end up with software archaeology as a profession. :D

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Re:51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities by diveanon on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:17PM (#25458431)

* cryptoarchaeology

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Re:51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities by FpUser on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:14PM (#25457595)

For this particular case VM might have more chances for long term survival.

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Re:51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities by sam0x17 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @04:03PM (#25489475)

I had worries about him updating it and/or changing the disk state to the point where it broke and not knowing how to use snapshots.

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Re:51% of 4M Docker images have critical vulnerabilities by diveanon on Thursday December 17, 2020 @01:19PM (#25458443)

True, but I've taught non tech staff to use docker desktop to run qa and demo environment.

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