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clivedup • today at 11:57 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

+1. There aren't an infinite amount of serious security vulnerabilities out there.

> > The NHS approach: close source everything.

> Yeah good luck. I've seen how these systems work at decompiling and I expect they're probably going to be really good at fuzzing too.

Me too. The agents are much faster if it has access to source. NHS would have been easy hunting grounds. Now at least they don't stand out.

"a system should be secure, even if everything about the system—except the key—is public knowledge"

Should indeed, but we've all been caught with our pants down.