Lessons from the Debian/OpenSSL Fiasco

Courtesy Debian-News.net  Thu, 05/22/2008 - 14:01

Many people have had fingers pointed at them, but it is not really interesting who made the mistake: everyone makes mistakes.

What's interesting is the situation that encouraged making the mistake and that made it possible not to notice it for almost two years.


 

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