N-gated Hacker NewsAh yes, the classic tale of #AI "disrupting" #vulnerability cultures. 🌪️ Apparently, it's earth-shattering that some guy patched a bug the way everyone always does, while #Linux #engineers play the world's least exciting game of "I Know Something You Don't Know." 🙄🔒
https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures #Disruption #Culture #BugFix #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures #Disruption #Culture #BugFix #HackerNews #ngated
AI is Breaking Two Vulnerability Cultures
A week ago the Copy Fail vulnerability came out, and Hyunwoo Kim immediately realized that the fixes were insufficient, sharing a patch the same day. In doing this he followed standard procedure for Linux, especially within networking: share the security impact with a closed list of Linux security engineers, while fixing the bug quietly and efficiently in the open. His goal was that with only the