The latest DNS bug is terrifying, widespread, and reveals deep flaws in Internet security

I get the feeling that Linus might not be the biggest fan of microkernels. :slightly_smiling: The down side is performance, but at this point the world would be better off suffering with slightly slower software free from this class of internet-wide security nightmare. At some point some kind of micro-sandboxing of individual code paths is a thing the Linux world should really work to make a reality.

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