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Wayland is Perfect, Just Perfect

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 15, 2023

Hours old

One day ago:

OK, but Wayland is great for security... or so they tell us (they told us the same about systemd and every time there's a major new hole in systemd the media blames "Linux"). New code is less mature code, i.e. subjected to less auditing and hardening.

There are many more, including recent examples

Or this:

And this:

Think twice about Wayland. It breaks everything!

X.Org Server and XWayland Updated Due To Two Decade-Old Security Vulnerabilities

Wayland CVE results

VU67416 Use-after-free in wayland: They told us this was an 'X' issue

USN-5614-1: Wayland vulnerability

USN-5614-2: Wayland vulnerability

So after a decade's scrutiny it's far from perfect. Is security really a selling point for Wayland?