Episode 397 - The curl and glibc vulnerabilities
Josh and Kurt talk about a curl and glibc bug. The bugs themselves aren't super interesting, but there are other conversations around the bugs that are interesting. Why don't we just rewrite everythin...
16 Okt 202334min
Episode 396 - CLAs are bad, Mkay?
Josh and Kurt talk about contributor license agreements (CLAs). CLAs used to be seen as a necessary evil, but they're almost certainly bad now. We're seeing CLAs being abused, it's clear now anything ...
9 Okt 202335min
Episode 395 - Uncertainty, trust, and security
Josh and Kurt talk about uncertainty. There are a bunch of stories in the news lately that really just boil down to uncertainty. Uncertainty is incredibly dangerous for everyone. We are afraid of unce...
2 Okt 202333min
Episode 394 - The lie anyone can contribute to open source
Josh and Kurt talk about filing bugs for software. There's the old saying that anyone can file bugs and submit patches for open source, but the reality is most people can't. Filing bugs for both close...
25 Sep 202335min
Episode 393 - Can you secure something you don't own?
Josh and Kurt talk about the weird world we live in how where we can't control a lot of our hardware. We don't really have control over most devices we interact with on a daily basis. The conversation...
18 Sep 202333min
Episode 392 - Curl and the calamity of CVE
Josh and Kurt talk about why CVE is making the news lately. Things are not well in the CVE program, and it's not looking like anything will get fixed anytime soon. Josh and Kurt have a unique set of k...
11 Sep 202346min
Episode 391 - The Wordpress 100 year disaster recovery problem
Josh and Kurt talk about wordpress selling web services with a 100 year lifespan. Will WordPress still be around in 100 years? What would 100 years of disaster recovery look like? Most of us will neve...
4 Sep 202339min
Episode 390 - Rust shipping binaries doesn't matter
Josh and Kurt talk about a blog post that explains how C and C++ compilers prioritize performance over correctness. This is the class story of security vs usability. Security is never the primary goal...
28 Aug 202339min
