Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 07:26:54 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SQLite vulnerability Message-ID: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.444.1812170708140.59073@mx.roble.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BQLa9D4vC7ZOEHV0zPMzAE_dubM9msdaW_Ag-igJe7aubD2oA@mail.gmail.com> References: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.444.1812160753280.5993@mx.roble.com> <CA%2BQLa9D4vC7ZOEHV0zPMzAE_dubM9msdaW_Ag-igJe7aubD2oA@mail.gmail.com>
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Robert Simmons acerbically replied:
> Since you may not read that essay on open source software, here is the
> salient point for you:
> - For users: remember when filing an issue, opening a pull request or
> making a comment on a project to be grateful that people spend their free
> time to build software you get to use for free. Keep your frustrations and
The problem with Robert Simmons' line of reasoning:
a) keeping vulxml up to date is a fixable problem, and
b) ignoring the critical role of FreeBSD's security teams will only
result in FreeBSD boxes being hacked and end-users migrating to
Linux.
Considering the lack of technical or logical arguments being made
against, for example, larger security teams or security team funding
(after all, we're only talking about timely entries in the vulnerability
database) it would not be unreasonable to conclude that opposition
viewpoints are simply Linux advocates.
Roger Marquis
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