Excellent summary by Solar Designer on oss-security of what's happened in the last two weeks in response to the #xz #backdoor:

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/16/5

Noteworthy:
- #OpenSSH implemented systemd notification
- #systemd moves to dlopen(3) for some dependencies
- another detailed timeline at https://research.swtch.com/xz-timeline
- similar social engineering takeover attempts suspected in #OpenJS and #OpenSSF

I'm just going to say it, and we can agree to disagree if you do in fact disagree...

systemd has categorically made Linux better in basically every way imaginable

It's earnestly cool if you don't agree but it's really really good

🤷

#systemd #linux #cgroups #init

About the true purpose of systemd

I've been involved with #GNOME, #KDE, #freedesktop and #postmarketOS, ...

I've met @pid_eins and other prominent figures behind closed doors

I can confirm from first-hand experience that systemd is indeed a conspiracy to make better operating systems with Linux

#systemd #Linux #postmarketOS

It's big announcement day!

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/03/05/adding-systemd/

#systemd #postmarketos #linuxmobile #musl #alpinelinux #kde #gnome #sxmo #mosstodon

Adding systemd to postmarketOS

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

^postmarketOS

I just found out that in the past few months there has been work happening in @gnome to allow for encrypting user home directories using #systemd homed : https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/02/twig-136/#home-encryption

It appears as though this would put each home directory inside its own LUKS container that would be locked when the user logs out or the hardware suspends. This would be a major improvement to the security profile of #Linux on the desktop!

Currently, on most systems (including Linux) regular user data is only effectively protected by system encryption when the hardware is completely turned off, but not when it is suspended.