Episode 430 - Frozen kernel security

Open Source Security Podcast - A podcast by Josh Bressers & Kurt Seifried - Mondays

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Josh and Kurt talk about a blog post about frozen kernels being more secure. We cover some of the history and how a frozen kernel works and discuss why they would be less secure. A frozen kernel is from when things worked very differently. What sort of changes will we see in the future? Show Notes Kurt's strange coffee Why a 'frozen' distribution Linux kernel isn't the safest choice for security