Post #2593009
2026-04-30 02:43 UTC
@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org I still don't see mentions of more upcoming shit, but then again I'm tired and it's slop-y text.
As for their recommendation: being able to get exploits out of an LLM and understanding what's what in the kernel are not the same skill. Nuking algif_aead "fixes" it. So does nuking authencesn. I see no reason given by them to prefer nuking AF_ALG.
I guess it's a user interface? Counterargument: authencesn has network exposure.
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@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org 2026-04-30 02:47
@equinox@chaos.social dalias also recommends blocking AF_ALG entirely or even compiling it out, so…