Microsoft wants to join private Linux security developer board

Microsoft recently applied to get a member of a private group of Linux developers focused on addressing security vulnerabilities (via ZDNet). While Linux evolution is typically done openly, the group — comprised of developers from large names like Amazon, Redhat, Debian, and FreeBSD, among others — is tasked with discussion and reporting security issues earlier they are revealed to the public.

In the application for membership, Microsoft Linux kernel developer Sasha Levin lays out the instance for Microsoft's inclusion, noting the company meets a portion of the criteria through its work on Azure Sphere, a Linux-based IoT device; the Windows Subsystem for Linux; and Azure HDInsight and the Azure Kubernetes Service.

"Microsoft has decades long history of addressing security issues via MSRC," Levin argues, referring to the Microsoft Security Response Middle. "While we are able to speedily (i-ii hours) create a build to address disclosed security issues, we require all-encompassing testing and validation earlier we make these builds public. Being members of this mailing list would provide us the additional time nosotros need for extensive testing."

If Microsoft's application is canonical, the company could participate in private security discussions and would be expected to contribute to developing solutions.

Microsoft has been much more than active in the Linux community in contempo years. Whereas the company once took an adversarial approach to Linux, Microsoft has pushed to more openly embrace open-source software. In 2022, for case, Microsoft joined the Open Invention Network, which aims to protect Linux and other open source software by opening up its patents to other members. The Windows Subsystem for Linux has as well been a major focus for developers, assuasive Linux distros natively in Windows.

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