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I read about the Wikipedia article about the backdoor in XZ. It was only in the developer version and not in production. Now Netflix is "current" (develop) version of FreeBSD. Doesn't that put Ne...
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programAngel
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2026-02-26T18:25:44Z (7 months ago)
- I read about [the Wikipedia article about the backdoor in XZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor). It was only in the developer version and not in production.
Now Netflix is current version of FreeBSD.- Doesn't that put Netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem?
- I mean when there is a new security hole that in a preview build that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after all, most Linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the development version.
- I read about [the Wikipedia article about the backdoor in XZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor). It was only in the developer version and not in production.
- Now Netflix is "current" (develop) version of FreeBSD.
- Doesn't that put Netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem?
- I mean when there is a new security hole that in a preview build that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after all, most Linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the development version.
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programAngel
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2026-02-26T18:19:54Z (7 months ago)
- I read about [the Wikipedia article about the backdoor in XZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor). It was only in the developer version and not in production.
- Now Netflix is current version of FreeBSD.
- Doesn't that put Netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem?
I mean when there is a new security hole that in a preview build that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after, most Linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the development version.
- I read about [the Wikipedia article about the backdoor in XZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor). It was only in the developer version and not in production.
- Now Netflix is current version of FreeBSD.
- Doesn't that put Netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem?
- I mean when there is a new security hole that in a preview build that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after all, most Linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the development version.
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Michael
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2026-02-26T18:17:42Z (7 months ago)
Improve grammar. Re-tag. Use natural linking.
is there a danger of using current freebsd version
- Is there a danger in using the current FreeBSD version?
I read about the xz backdoor.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoorIt was only in the developer version and not in production.Now netflix is current version of freebsd.isn't that put netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem?I mean when there is a new security hole that in current that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after, most linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the developing version
- I read about [the Wikipedia article about the backdoor in XZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor). It was only in the developer version and not in production.
- Now Netflix is current version of FreeBSD.
- Doesn't that put Netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem?
- I mean when there is a new security hole that in a preview build that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after, most Linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the development version.
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programAngel
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2026-02-26T09:57:03Z (7 months ago)
is there a danger of using current freebsd version
I read about the xz backdoor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor It was only in the developer version and not in production. Now netflix is current version of freebsd. isn't that put netflix in danger to suffer from the same security problem? I mean when there is a new security hole that in current that has not yet been discovered like in the case of xz. after, most linux installations were protected from it because it was not in the "production"/stable version, only in the developing version