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gausswho ◴[] No.42164371[source]
With this tool I am wary that I'll encounter system issues that are dramatically more difficult to diagnose and troubleshoot because I'll have drifted from a standard distro configuration. And in ways I'm unaware of. Is this a reasonable hesitation?
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gerdesj ◴[] No.42168400[source]
"because I'll have drifted from a standard distro configuration"

You will obviously have a change management system which describes all the changes you have made to your putative standard distro configs. You will also be monitoring those changes.

This tool logs all the changes it makes via the standard logging system, which can be easily captured, shipped and aggregated and then queried and reported on.

This is not a tool from Clown Cars R US, it's from a reasonably reputable source - Oracle (lol etc). Even better, you can read the code and learn or critique.

Not being funny but I'd rather this sort of thing by far than any amount of wooo handwavy wankery. Would you prefer openly described and documented or "take our word for it"?

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cortesoft ◴[] No.42168447[source]
> You will obviously have a change management system which describes all the changes you have made to your putative standard distro configs. You will also be monitoring those changes.

Which is now a list you will have to check for every issue. I don't think they are complaining they don't trust the writers of the code, just that it adds confounding variables to your system

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gerdesj ◴[] No.42168508[source]
We (in IT security) are expected to abrogate responsibility to funky AI or whatevs anti virus and other stuff. Buy and install a security package from ... whoever ... and all will be well.

This is an expert system/advice run by real people (at a reasonably well respected firm) not an AI wankery thingie. It is literally expert advice and it is being given away and in code form which you can read.

What on earth is wrong with that?

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1. lupusreal ◴[] No.42171201{4}[source]
Being able to dodge responsibility for something going wrong is great, but it's always better for you if you aren't in a position where you have to dodge responsibility in the first place.

So if this tool makes a well reasoned and ostensibly sensible tweak which happens to expose some flaw in your system and takes it down, being able to say "those experts Oracle made the mistake, not me" might get you out of the hot seat. But it's better to never be in the hot seat.