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Wait... it's all backdoors ? Always has been bro... (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by devilish666@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 114 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There are two types of backdoors, the ones that were fixed and the ones we don't know about.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 70 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The only reason why xz got exposed was because someone noticed SSH was a bit slower and decided to take it to their own hands to investigate. It’s possible this backdoor would go unnoticed for far longer if the attacker didn’t make this slight oversight.

So it might be that there have been other, successful attacks before. It’s just that this one is the one that got exposed.

[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 69 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Slower as in 500ms slower iirc.

Linux users when bloat

[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 56 points 8 months ago (1 children)

tbh given the context 500ms is a lot.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. 500ms for ssh feels like an eternity.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 7 points 8 months ago

SSHing into my less powerful machines takes a good few seconds, so I'm not sure if I'd notice an extra 500ms. For the more powerful ones that are basically instant it would be much more noticeable.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And the ones you leave for yourself to check during development and forgotten to close before release.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 11 points 8 months ago

Shhh we don't talk about these !

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is why you should secure your own bureaucracy-bypassing backdoor with a long ass key (bonus point if you use pki instead of a simple static key).

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I just use the Konami code as a secret password.

[–] knorke3@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago

don't forget the ones we got paid for very well and the ones we introduced to not go to prison

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://xkcd.com/2166/

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Backdoors all the way down!

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Jim Morrison was truly a developer born into the wrong age.

[–] rob64@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I feel compelled to point out that "back door man" was already a common expression in blues lyrics.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Oh, I'm well aware, I just have a core association of Jim Morrison wailing "I'm a back door man." It wasn't an innovative line or anything.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I love backdoors

[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I'm more of a sidedoor guy myself

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Sure the front is nice but sometimes my girl and I like the backdoor.

[–] Mio@feddit.nu 5 points 8 months ago

Both open and closed source got these.

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 3 points 8 months ago