Packaging and the Security Proposition As a follow up to my post on distribution packaging, it was commented by Fraser Tweedale (@hackuador) that traditionally the "security" aspects of distribution packaging was a compelling reason to use distribution packages over "upstreams". I want to dig into this further. Why does C need "securing" C as a language is unsafe in every meaning of the word. The best C programmers on the planet are incapable of writing a secure program. This is because to co...
