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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by guelo on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:06PM (#7342714)
It is legitimate to be more concerned about the Apple bug than this bug since the Apple bug affects several orders of magnitudes more people.

Conspiracy theorists would postulate that the iPhone is a much more enticing target for the NSA.

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by tptacek on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:07PM (#7342721)
Yes, I agree: that is what conspiracy theorists do regardless of the facts on the ground. But that's tangential to my point. People on HN found the "goto fail" bug damning because of the specific form it took (among other reasons), and I'm happy to point out how damning that form turns out not to be.

The fact that GnuTLS is extraordinarily unlikely to host an NSA backdoor helps my point, which is why I brought it up.

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by D9u on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:16PM (#7342811)
How many linux based servers are online right now? More than Apple devices? Less?
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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by UnoriginalGuy on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:24PM (#7342852)
This doesn't impact every single Linux server online right now, the Apple bug impacted every iOS device which was in use.

Orders of magnitude different degrees of harm.

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by uggedal on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:32PM (#7342905)
How many of its programs link to gnutls though? And if I'm not misunderstandig only client software is vulnerable to the cited attack.
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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by danso on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:11PM (#7342773)
Note: I am not a conspiracy theorist.

However, I would agree with a hypothetical conspiracy theorist who would disagree with your assumption: Linux may be the platform for many high-value targets and companies, so it's not quantity, but..."quality" of a sort.

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by wkw3 on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @05:26PM (#7343658)
Is BULLRUN a conspiracy theory?
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