Torvalds was asked in a keynote conversation with Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin, about the current state of security in Linux, especially given that the open-source Struts project has been alleged to be a the root cause of the recent Equifax data breach.
“The concept of absolute security doesn’t exist,” Torvalds said. “Even if we do a perfect job and we try to do
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