Comment by loeg

4 years ago

It doesn't have this particular failure mode, at least.

Both Linux and Windows perform similar checks.

  • Do you know of a Wireshark filter that will reveal this on Ubuntu? What you're saying doesn't sound credible, but to incentivize, here's the bet:

    If you can provide a Wireshark filter that will show a certificate check on a vanilla Ubuntu 20.04 system when the following commands are executed in a bash shell, then I will donate $25 to a charity of your choice. Commands follow:

        cat <<HEREDOC >/tmp/file.c
        #include <stdio.h>
    
        int main() {
          printf("Hello World");
          return 0;
        }
        HEREDOC
        gcc /tmp/file.c -o /tmp/app
        /tmp/app

  • I'm sure Linux (the kernel) does not. I don't know of any Linux distro that does, but, I'd be curious if you can point to specifics.

    If you could point to any documentation of Windows performing app-start OCSP checks, I'd love to learn more (and recant my earlier statement).

  • That's a rather extraordinary claim. It's really setting off my BS meter- Can you show us where the code is to do that in the Linux kernel?

  • No, Linux does not.

    Linux does provide application-level and per-application security, as well as sandboxes, but they exist to help the user and the user has complete control over them and their system.

  • The comment you are replying to states other OS' do not have this failure mode so your response is quite the non-sequitur, nevermind of questionable veracity (linux).