在Linux 2.6.25.10穩(wěn)定版發(fā)布的郵件列表上，一位開(kāi)發(fā)者提到了關(guān)于修正bug安全影響的披露政策，并再三的強(qiáng)調(diào)安全。Linus Torvalds回貼中表示，安全漏洞臭蟲(chóng)只是眾多臭蟲(chóng)的一種，過(guò)于拔高或贊美安全臭蟲(chóng)的修正者是走在錯(cuò)誤的方向上。Linus大神稱(chēng)那幫整天炫耀 OpenBSD安全性的家伙其實(shí)是一群自慰的猴子，好像除了安全性，沒(méi)有其它東西能讓他們興奮起來(lái)。安全是重要的，但不等于一切。

原文：

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.25.10
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
Date: 2008-07-15 16:13:03 GMT (18 hours and 8 minutes ago)
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> So as far as I'm concerned, "disclosing" is the fixing of the bug. It's
> the "look at the source" approach.

Btw, and you may not like this, since you are so focused on security, one
reason I refuse to bother with the whole security circus is that I think
it glorifies - and thus encourages - the wrong behavior.

It makes "heroes" out of security people, as if the people who don't just
fix normal bugs aren't as important.

In fact, all the boring normal bugs are _way_ more important, just because
there's a lot more of them. I don't think some spectacular security hole
should be glorified or cared about as being any more "special" than a
random spectacular crash due to bad locking.

Security people are often the black-and-white kind of people that I can't
stand. I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in
that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the
point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them.

To me, security is important. But it's no less important than everything
*else* that is also important!

                        Linus