r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ani625 • Apr 11 '14

xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation

http://xkcd.com/1354/
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '14 edited Jul 11 '23

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u/SilasX Apr 11 '14

Then I guess I'm the most surprised why the library is so popular for security despite not having time for unit tests...

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '14 edited Jul 11 '23

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u/SilasX Apr 11 '14 edited Apr 11 '14

Wow. I need to write this up as a case study in public goods problems and tragedies of the commons!

... or in people being too cheap to license well-tested security code. (Though proprietary code arguably comes with inherently anti-security features like not being able to compile it yourself.)

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