Posted in ATI driver flaw exposes Vista kernel
Posted Monday 13th August 2007 14:56 GMT
Proof that binary BLOBs are evil!
It doesn't matter what OS you're running if you pack it full of 3rd party binary-only drivers/apps it will only be a question of time before the OS is compromised by some crap code. Yes, I am including Linux and OS X in this list.
As a Linux (and Mac) user I'm getting increasingly concerned of this 'more secure' OS's reliance on more and more proprietary drivers (yes, nVidia, AMD, Intel et al I'm talking about you). The whole point and benefit of FLOSS is being thrown out the window (pun unintended) by this behaviour.
If you really want to be truly secure do not trust anything that comes from 3rd parties and stick with the tried, tested and trusted Open Source code.