And to a large extent, there is automatic software that can audit things like dependencies. This software is also largely open source because hey, nobody's perfect. But this only works when your source is available.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except when people pull off shit like Heartbleed.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See my comment below for more of my thoughts on why I think heartbleed was an overwhelming success.

And you help make my point because openssl is a dependency which is easily discovered by software like dependabot and renovate. So when the next heartbleed happens, we can spread the fixes even more quickly.

[–] 018118055@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Enterprise software inventory can unfortunately be quite chaotic, and understanding the exposure to this kind of vulnerability can take weeks if not longer.