The point needs to be made that the #xz backdoor into #sshd was only possible because of the monolithic nature of #systemd
#unix design philosophy is arguably inconsistent with systemd.
Consider systems without it. Seriously.
https://www.cert.europa.eu/publications/security-advisories/2024-032/
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2024-04-06 19:03:43
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2024-04-06 19:03:43Event JSON
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