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		xvilka on March 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH ser... Maybe it's finally time to start sunsetting LZMA and xz all together in favor of newer algorithms like Zstandard that also offer better performance but compression rates on par with LZMA.

illusive4080 on March 30, 2024 [–]

Yes but don’t start thinking they’re immune to compromise

xvilka on March 30, 2024 | [–]

Nobody is. But it's a great opportunity window.

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