"
* We have seen a number of cases where a security bug identified
* by AI tools is subsequently independently discovered by a
* different researcher. This suggests that adversaries who do not
* report bugs to OSS projects are likely to be able to discover
* these bugs too. Given this, the OpenSSH team will, for now, be
* making more frequent releases to get bugfixes into users' hands
* more quickly rather than batching them until the next planned
* release."
They mention a donation link: https://www.openbsd.org/donations.html
I wonder what their funding is like.
> sshd(8): On OS X SDK >= 27, sandboxing is no longer supported as the API we depended upon has been removed and no obvious alternative provided.
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/d4b4c304a...
Deprecated since Mountain Lion. https://issuetracker.google.com/40474030
It’s what Apple experimented with before they came up with the current entitlements system.
I think this is much healthier approach to AI reports than curl has. But I understand both sides.
" * We have seen a number of cases where a security bug identified * by AI tools is subsequently independently discovered by a * different researcher. This suggests that adversaries who do not * report bugs to OSS projects are likely to be able to discover * these bugs too. Given this, the OpenSSH team will, for now, be * making more frequent releases to get bugfixes into users' hands * more quickly rather than batching them until the next planned * release."
Really glad to see the rate of security fixes speeding up.