[kwlug-disc] Interview with Andres who found XZ backdoor

[Chris Frey]

Thanks Paul... I'll give this another try.  First time I tried, the
default podcast player gave so few options I couldn't stand it.

So this time I dug into the html and found the direct mp3 link, which
should be this, in case anyone else wants it:

	https://media.transistor.fm/e2538f7d/1567b6fc.mp3

- Chris


On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 11:23:46PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> 
> I am only 34 minutes into this interview, but holy cow it is so great.
> If you haven't listened to it you really should. Thanks Mikalai for
> sharing it.
> 
> In contrast, I recently listened to a Planet Money version of this
> story that was really disappointing. Nothing they said was factually
> incorrect but a lot of it was misleading. Like, yes xz was really
> popular, but it's not as if people spend a lot of time thinking about
> xz. And why does the Microsoft spokesperson have so much airtime
> talking about how Microsoft embraced open source? Gell-Mann Amnesia
> effect was strong with this one. 
> 
> https://www.npr.org/2024/05/17/1197959102/open-source-xz-hack
> 
> (Okay, there was one glaring error. The podcast strongly implied that
> SSH depends on xz, which to my understanding it doesn't.) 
> 
> - Paul
> 
> On Sun, May 05, 2024 at 12:09:28AM +0000, Mikalai Birukou wrote:
> > This is a context rich interview with Andres, who found XZ backdoor, 
> > about the event: https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1843393
> > 
> > 
> 
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