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jmmv.dev
Look, I like Rust. I really, really do, and I agree with the premise that memory-unsafe languages like C++ should not be used anymore. But claiming that Rust would have prevented the massive outage that the world went through last Friday is misleading and actively harmful to Rust's evangelism. Having CrowdStrike written in Rust would have minimized the chances of the outage happening, but not resolved the root cause that allowed the outage to happen in the first place. Thus, it irks me to see various folks blanket-claiming that Rust is the answer. It's not, and pushing this agenda hurts Rust's adoption more than it helps: C++ experts can understand the root cause and see that this claim is misleading, causing further divide in the systems programming world. ... |
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scorpiosoftware.net
Millions of machines around the world crashed a few days ago, showing the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" (BSOD), affecting banks, airports, hospitals, and many other businesses, all using the Windows OS and CrowdStrike's Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) software. What was going on? How can such a calamity happen in one single swoop? First,... |
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www.oligo.security
CrowdStrike outage shows the risks of kernel drivers and the need for safer, flexible eBPF-based sensors in cybersecurity. Learn how eBPF help. |
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yieldcode.blog
Earlier today, an update from CrowdStrike caused global outages in Windows powered machines. Among impacted industries are: medicare, healthcare, home-land security, aviation, and transportation. |
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