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[–] syd@lemy.lol 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

So ‘sudo-rs’ guys were right?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The vulnerability in question would've still happened if written in rust, it was not a memory leak.
More an instance of feature creep, as the solution was to remove the functionality.

[–] Comexs@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would something like 'doas' have the same issue?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't believe so and it has been suggested as an alternative.

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

I would rather go with a completely new approach like the one of run0.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Rusty Bois are never right!