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I'm not even sure why security fixes would matter in a SSG where you control the input.

Because a malicious ssg could expose private files (private keys etc) at a hidden url only the attacker knows to scan for, drop malware that grants them non-static file access, or really anything that other compromised binaries can do.

But we are not talking about a malicious ssg, we are talking about a vulnerable ssg that somehow needs to be patched. Unless your ssg connects to the internet, this is a non issue.

> Unless your ssg connects to the internet, this is a non issue.

This, but for all software ever. In the nightmare realm we've apparently decided to settle down in we forgot the one way to make actually secure software: Run the complicated parts somewhere offline.

A security vulnerability is much less scary if the computer can't communicate with anything. It's the only way for us to get out of the pit of infinite work we've dug.

If the author of the SSG is compromised, I doubt they'd push fixes for their own exploits...?

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