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Re:Github: Your Single Point Of Failure by arcatek on Monday February 11, 2013 @01:52PM (#5202491)
> Notably, Gitlab is written on Ruby on Rails; you should understand the security implications of Ruby on Rails before using Gitlab

Seems like the recent events have really hurt the trust toward RoR.

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Re:Github: Your Single Point Of Failure by bunderbunder on Monday February 11, 2013 @02:22PM (#5202689)
It's understandable, really. 100% reliable arbitrary code execution exploits are bad enough all by themselves. The nature of the exploit in question - which many would consider to be a Freshman error that was allowed to stand for an embarrassingly long time - makes it even more galling.
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