[ale] glibc vulnerability

[Jonathan Meek]

The U.S Tax Code is pretty simple:
If you're an individual that makes money, pay taxes.
If you're a corporation that makes money, hide it somewhere.
If you're an individual that doesn't make money,  then recieve money.

*ducks for the punch being thrown*
On Jan 31, 2015 11:32 AM, "Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

>  On 01/30/2015 05:26 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> Hogwash. Where there's a will, there's a probate court.
>
>
> Hah, hah.  Very funny.  :-)
>
> I've been involved in a few projects lately where it's been more important
> to prove workability and robustness than to have every feature in the
> world, so I've not been using glibc much lately.  I certainly can't audit
> it.
>
> Then again, I cannot audit the Linux kernel, either.
>
> But, the more code in my system I *can* read through and audit for my own
> personal satisfaction—or any other reason in the world—the closer I get to
> the goal of understanding every line of code in the system.
>
> I didn't think that was a terribly important thing to be able to do, but
> several projects working with microcontrollers have shown me different.
> While the world from that perspective is a very different place, the
> concepts are the same, and it's rather liberating when you can point to
> something and know why it broke because you have a very clear understanding
> of your entire set of code.
>
> That's something which is impossible on any modern general-purpose
> operating system today.  I'd almost be willing to bet that Linux and the
> U.S. Tax Code are just as complex as the other one (though at least Linux
> can be compiled!).
>
>     — Mike
>
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