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homebrewer 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit

Has everyone here already forgotten about the WireGuard tire fire?

https://lwn.net/Articles/850098

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26507507

tl;dr: deeply insecure WireGuard implementation committed directly into the FreeBSD kernel with zero review.

Was this process problem fixed?

wolvoleo 3 months ago [–]

Ars also has a great writeup on this: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/buffer-overruns-lice...

But yeah as I understand lessons were learned.

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