cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43577930

A Veratasium video on the XZ utils hack with a into on the history of linux

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How a single hack infected the world’s most important operating system.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43577930

A Veratasium video on the XZ utils hack with a into on the history of linux

 

TL;DW:
A video by Veritasium about how a single dependency (.xz) was momentarily compromised leading to the compromise of OpenSSH (which uses .xz as a dependency), which ultimately would have spelled out a master key access to Linux systems across the world.

Really cool how they explain and visualize LZ, Deflate, LZMA and RSA.

Shout-out to all the Open Source contributors out there! And a reminder to others to show your appreciation to those who dedicate time and resources to projects that often go unappreciated or for granted.

 

A Veratasium video on the XZ utils hack with a into on the history of linux

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43577930

A Veratasium video on the XZ utils hack with a into on the history of linux

 

How a single hack infected the world’s most important operating system.