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Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

For anyone confused:

Make sure you know exactly what "compiler" and "backdoor" mean. With that, you can probably skip the rest of this comment.
aubeynarf seems to be framing things in a way that might make you think C is immune to compiler backdoors, and might also make you think we're in agreement on that point. That's based on absolutely nothing. C has no special resistance to compiler backdoors. I hear Rust introduces new risk here, but I don't see any reason to reframe that as all the risk with C being in other areas.
aubeynarf seems to be framing things in a way that might make you think security exploits all have similar levels of severity. Like, if you make a list of 100 exploits, it will be about the same severity as any other list of 100 exploits. That is not true. Scoring would be based on what damage the exploits can do, not how many there are.
If aubeynarf's framing makes it seem like known exploits are scored by sheer quantity, that would also imply security experts put a lot of focus on "scoring" known exploits at all. We don't. We might put a lot of energy into counting and scoring unknown exploits if we could, but we can't, so this is again not an honest mistake or a slight twist from reality - it's completely made up from nothing. Not only would quantity be unrelated if we did have a big use for scoring known exploits, but we don't. Known exploits are not unknown exploits. We're trying to expose unknown exploits, and fix them. Counting and scoring the known ones is just something that happens along the way. We would never weigh the entire concept of compiler backdoors by counting the ones we've identified.
aubeynarf seems to be framing things to set an impression of "oh this guy knows what he's talking about and he thinks compiler backdoors are no big deal, so they must be no big deal." If you fall for that, there's not much I or anyone can do for you.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I have no horse in this fight, so pardon my asking:

You self admittidly don't know code, so like, why are you trying to argue about code?

That's like a DJ and a Barber arguing over which carbueretor jet is correct in a classic Mercedes. The answer is muddier and than either of them know enough to understand, because they're not mechanics or engineers.

Are you a programmer? Cybersecurity researcher? Bot designed to sow discontent with pretty arguement?

Like, what's the point of all this? Neither of you know what you're talking about, I don't even know what you're talking about but I can clearly read the vibes based technobabble between you, so like, why?

[–] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 5 days ago

lol dude, I know what I’m talking about. I’ve been a software engineer for 30 years.

[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You self admittidly don’t know code, so like, why are you trying to argue about code?

Because the level of knowledge that would stop you from rephrasing my words into "don't know code" is much higher than the level of knowledge I'm using in the argument.

That’s like a DJ and a Barber arguing over which carbueretor jet is correct in a classic Mercedes. The answer is muddier and than either of them know enough to understand, because they’re not mechanics or engineers.

How is that like an unpaid cybersecurity expert arguing about cybersecurity then?

Are you a programmer?

Already answered this and you acknowledged that in the beginning. It's becoming clearer and clearer you're replying in purely bad faith.

Cybersecurity researcher?

Kinda, but not really.

Bot designed to sow discontent with pretty arguement?

Obviously not, and now it seems like you're trying to bait me into the kind of response that could get me banned here. This discussion would be more appropriate for nostr, where no one can be banned.

Like, what’s the point of all this?

The main point of your gish gallop is to waste my time and energy and confuse other people.

The main point on my side of the discussion has been to raise awareness of how concerned the general public should be (and sadly isn't) about the general state of cybersecurity right now, especially in vital areas like how the Linux ecosystem and coding languages themselves are developing.

Neither of you know what you’re talking about

Incorrect. I have talked about, for example, a user's statements in a discussion I linked to. I know this. You can't really provide an example of anything I've mentioned here that I don't know about.

You could use "don't know what you're talking about" as a euphemism for how the person I was replying to was spewing bullshit, but I'd just call them a liar. Seems more straightforward. Either way, that's not me.

don’t even know what you’re talking about but I can clearly read the vibes based technobabble between you

I think in this context, you should be trying to ignore the vibes and understand what's being said.

so like, why?

Awareness should be raised for this stuff, because people are sadly not as concerned as they should be about the state of cybersecurity right now. It's particularly an issue in Linux / FOSS circles where there seems to be more of a false sense of security these days.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Here's your reply to Redishell. You answered "To anyone confused: [...]" and went on and on talking about backdoors.

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Still not getting your point. Is there a reason I should read about Redishell?

[–] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is what a tryhard looks like, lol! You’re really twisting yourself around to “win” aren’t you?

[+] iloveDigit@piefed.social -6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What do you mean?

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

the only loss here is my time as a moderator :P

I am not banning anyone, you were quite civil in this "fight" ^1^

Do keep in mind that all this has a lot of "editor wars" vibes. But the conflict goes beyond Debian (e.g. including Rust in Linux kernel), and actual harmful discussions between Rust and C/C++ people is REAL, damaging our communities, and very much driven by generations/ network-effect. And this is just sad. It's not a technical issue, and overcoming it seems nearly impossible at the moment.

^1^ I'd call it discussion, but it seems to me that 'whoever loves Digit' was ranting more on their own behalf... as per their own words:

Awareness should be raised for this stuff, because people are sadly not as concerned as they should be about the state of cybersecurity right now. It's particularly an issue in Linux / FOSS circles where there seems to be more of a false sense of security these days.

I agree with these words, but not all you said (specifically, backdoors to me are a smaller concern in the software industry nowadays in comparison to the Redishell provided that you were unable to fully understand). Anyway, I don't see reason to remove any of the most downvoted comments you have. But I will take the opportunity here to raise a warning to you. OR, let's make it a personal advice: arguing on the internet is not worth the emotional toll. As with any advice, you can either take it or leave it. Good luck!

[–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

the only loss here is my time as a moderator :P

I value mine more than yours, sorry.

Do keep in mind that all this has a lot of “editor wars” vibes. But the conflict goes beyond Debian (e.g. including Rust in Linux kernel), and actual harmful discussions between Rust and C/C++ people is REAL, damaging our communities, and very much driven by generations/ network-effect. And this is just sad. It’s not a technical issue, and overcoming it seems nearly impossible at the moment.

Is this the reason you give me a "warning" later in your reply? I'm not getting the exact point clearly. This topic is "harmful," but I don't think you warned everyone else discussing it? So what is the actual warning? Are you telling me not to reply in threads on this topic in the future?

backdoors to me are a smaller concern in the software industry nowadays in comparison to the Redishell provided that you were unable to fully understand

Backdoors are a top priority concern in consumer electronics. I hope nobody lets themselves be mislead on that fact here.

I have no idea what "Redishell" is. I don't think there was any point in this thread where I said anything about it, so what are you talking about with me being "unable to fully understand" it? Couldn't you try telling me what it is and checking how much I understand before saying that? Am I totally forgetting something?

Whatever it is, it sounds like you're implying it's a security vulnerability that cannot be a backdoor, which I definitely don't understand when I have no idea what it is.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

I am not saying this as a moderator: you're person of obnoxious answers. Probably far too intelligent to even consider that you're actually interacting with other human beings that may not want to engage or sacrifice their time with your rants. But I don't ban based on personality.

Anyway, I don't have to answer any of your questions. Typing comes too fast on your keyboard. Try stepping away, read, click the links (like redishiel CVE), take a deep breath, live more calmly.

I will post a reply to you reply on Redishell. So that you can check again what happened there. You went too fast and hit your own wall.