Episode 436 - OpenSSH and node-ip - it's all exponential growth

Open Source Security Podcast

Josh and Kurt talk about the recent OpenSSH vulnerability and the node-ip project owner taking their project private. They're quasi related in the context of two open source projects handled bugs very differently. The OpenSSH bug isn't really as serious as it seems, but you still want to patch.

The node-ip bug is a very different story. The relationship between users and open source developers is one experiencing more strain now than we've ever seen. It's a weird conversation and we don't have good answers. Security in general is a collection of unsolvable problems.

Show Notes

• Qualys security advisory
• Hacker News Discussion
• Security Cryptography Whatever
• Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-only