Comment by avemg

2 months ago

I'm tickled at the idea of asking antirez [1] if he's ever written a PoC for a CVE.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Sanfilippo

I actually like when that happens. Like when people "correct" me about how reddit works. I appreciate that we still focus on the content and not who is saying it.

  • That's not really what happened on this thread. Someone said something sensible and banal about vulnerability research, then someone else said do-you-even-lift-bro, and got shown up.

This happens over and over in these discussions. It doesn't matter who you're citing or who's talking. People are terrified and are reacting to news reflexively.

  • Personally, I’m tired of exaggerated claims and hype peddlers.

    Edit: Frankly, accusing perceived opponents of being too afraid to see the truth is poor argumentative practice, and practically never true.

Sure he wrote a port scanner that obscures the IP address of the scanner, but does he know anything about security? /s

Oh, and he wrote Redis. No biggie.