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Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about?

From Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about?
Date 2018-11-04 19:03 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> writes:

> On 11/4/18 5:17 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
>> "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> writes:
>> 
>>> On 11/4/18 1:46 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
>>>> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> J.O. Aho wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/3/18 7:34 PM, James Moe wrote:
>>>>>>> On 11/2/18 12:50 AM, J.O. Aho wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The reason to avoid systemd is that it's a big security vulnerability
>>>>>>>> risk and it eats up GNU applications.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   Wild accusations without a hint of proof.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The larger code base, the higher risk for vulnerabilities and systemd
>>>>>> has been having security vulnerabilities quite often compared with the
>>>>>> other init systems
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/systemd-vulnerability-leads-to-denial-of-service-on-linux/
>>>>>> https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/linux-systemd-vulnerability-dns
>>>>>> https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15686
>>>>>> https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15687
>>>>>> https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15688
>>>>>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/05/linux_systemd_grants_root_to_invalid_user_accounts/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That just a handful during the last two years, which most people should
>>>>>> be able to find with a simple search engine query.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I found a neat resource today.
>>>>>
>>>>> "systemd"
>>>>>
>>>>> https://scan.coverity.com/projects/350
>>>>>
>>>>>    484,654 lines of code.
>>>>
>>>> I saw this a while back, so I went to git and downloaded
>>>> systemd.  It was tiny.
>>>>
>>>> These counts look bogus to me, I think they are including
>>>> all the services that have been adjusted to work better with systemd.
>>>>
>>> $ git clone https://github.com/systemd/systemd.git
>>> $ tot=0; for l in `find systemd/src/ -type f -exec wc -l {} \; | sed
>>> 's/\([0-9]*\) .*/\1/'`; do tot=$(($l + $tot)); done; echo $tot
>>> 485877
>>>
>>> So systemd has grown and there is a bunch of other files that belongs to
>>> the project which hasn't been counted at all.
>> 
>> That's way more than just systemd.
>> A quick look shows fsck, hostname, journal, libudev, all kinds of stuff
>> that have nothing to do with starting  services.
>
> Those are parts which systemd has eaten up of other projects and are now
> used directly by systemd.

Yeah, I looked closer.
Someone was very busy.
Not sure how I feel about that.

-- 
Dan Espen

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Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-11-01 08:48 -0500
  Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2018-11-01 09:13 -0500
  Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-11-01 20:21 -0500
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      Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-11-08 09:49 +0100
    Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-02 08:50 +0100
      Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2018-11-03 11:34 -0700
        Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-04 09:36 +0100
          Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-11-04 06:17 -0500
            Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-04 13:05 +0100
            [again] software complexity Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2018-11-04 12:35 +0000
            Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-04 07:46 -0500
              [again] software complexity Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2018-11-04 13:05 +0000
              Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-04 14:27 +0100
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                Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-04 22:03 +0100
                Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-04 19:03 -0500
              Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-04 18:13 +0000
          Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-04 07:42 -0500
            Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-11-04 14:51 +0100
              Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-04 11:04 -0500
              Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-04 18:12 +0000
    Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-02 10:44 +0000
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            Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-02 21:17 +0000
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      Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-02 09:21 -0400
      Re: Anyone know what this nginx error is about? Nomen Nescio <noreply@mixnym.net> - 2018-11-02 09:01 -0500
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