2008-07-18 17:00:03
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a"bunch of masturbating monkeys", as part of a wider critique of what he said was self-centered behavior in the IT security industry. In an e-mail to the Linux kernel developer mailing list, Torvalds said a section of the security industry was dedicated to finding bugs in software only to publicize their findings and gain notoriety. The row erupted in the Gmane mailing list after a developer for the PaX Team, which patches the Linux kernel, accused Torvalds and other top Linux kernel developers of"covering up [the] security impact of bugs" by not clearly labeling them as security flaws. 

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