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wills_forwardon Linux and FreeBSD: Multiple TCP-based remote denial of service vulnerabilities

Every time I see one of these systemic vulnerabilities get found I wonder how many others someone (or some entity) are just sitting on until they REALLY need to use it.

Someone tell me it’s all going to be okay and this digital world isn’t going to just crumble someday. Please. Anyone.

wills_forwardon The SaaS Opportunity of Unbundling Excel

‘Every enterprise software startup is an attempt to replace a spreadsheet.’ —wish I remembered who said that originally

wills_forwardon Winning the Blackbird Battle

1) How can the broader community help end this sort of nonsense?

2) Do you see any potential for a company to offer patent troll defense as a service and drive costs down, or does it seem too big a problem to productize/scale a solution for?