OpenSSH Ships on Every Mac, Linux Server and Windows. Its Creator Trusts No One

20 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by zbruceli
(zbruceli.org)

10 Comments

oidar

6 hours ago

I understand if people use LLMs to help them write, but damn make the sentences yours. Please don't have the LLMs write the sentences for you. Use LLMs for outlining, brainstorming, critiquing, grammar, etc. But write your own sentences. This could have been a good article.

snorrah

5 hours ago

Interestingly, I found this one more palatable. Maybe because it avoided some of the other common LLM text pitfalls, like several few-word sentences in a row. Also I suppose it helps that I was interested in the story of Theo and was happy to keep reading.

incomplete

2 hours ago

same, i knew it was written w/some ai assistance, but it was definitely massaged well enough to keep me from closing the tab in disgust.

asveikau

5 hours ago

Longtime fan of OpenBSD since version 2.6 or so. I didn't realize Theo was born in South Africa. I think I assumed he was Dutch.

aktenlage

7 hours ago

That was an enthralling read, thank you.

zbruceli

7 hours ago

Much appreciated. If you are interested, I have written profiles on a few other open source giants like Brendan Eich, Fabrice Bellard, and Richard Stallman on the same personal blog site.

jmclnx

7 hours ago

>Within hours the Linux world was doing triage. Red Hat issued an urgent advisory. Debian rolled back.

FWIW, this issue did not affect Slackware. Slackware tries to use unpatched software plus it does not use systemd.