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Re:Deep Dive into XZ Utils Backdoor – Columbia Engineering G... by vsnf on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @02:46AM (#40207950)
"Aw fuck. Oh well, the Chrono, Boost, libcurl and libsodium backdoors are still active. Can't believe they found them lol"
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Re:Deep Dive into XZ Utils Backdoor – Columbia Engineering G... by chx on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @04:23AM (#40208490)
While libcurl is an alluring target it is really ill suited for this, Daniel Stenberg is paid to work on it full time and his track record speaks. The situation is really different from xz.
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