Linux Security Improvements Needed

Linux security expert Kees Cook says more investment is needed in “bug fixers, reviewers, testers, infrastructure builders, toolchain devs, and security devs.” He notes, for example, that "the stable kernel releases ("bug fixes only") each contain close to 100 new fixes per week." 

"The huge community surrounding Linux allows it to do amazing things and run smoothly," Cook says. "What's still missing, though, is sufficient focus to make sure that Linux fails well too.”

Read more at Google Security.

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