AntheorApr 10, 2017
Got a small question for #mastodonusers . Can the same name be created over a handful of instances?
Show threadRom
@antheor need to secure on all the instances. LOL
Apr 10, 2017 at 7:11amWeb
Show threadAntheorApr 10, 2017
@rom Security holes everywhere :expressionless:
Show threadJJ AtriaApr 10, 2017
@antheor @rom Why is this a security hole?
Show threadAntheorApr 10, 2017

@jjatria @rom It's not, it's simply because I work as an IT. And you know, patching everything here and their.

But the point could be over all those instances, you know if something crash or is hacked or anything, it's hundreds and later thousands of instances that need to be updated

Show threadJJ AtriaApr 10, 2017

@antheor @rom I see your point.

Then again, a federated and libre architecture is arguably safer as a whole than a monolithic and proprietary one: even if individual nodes are vulnerable, the network as a whole isn't. And you have more eyes looking for vulnerabilities.

It will be interesting to see what sort of approaches motivated attackers come up with in a network like this. It's been around for a long time, but until now it's been rather niche.

Show threadRomApr 12, 2017
@jjatria @antheor well, that is what you get for with FOSS - you just need to make sure that you are always up to date with the security patches.