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hm_murdock:
so... we've got two Linux worms making the rounds now. Both exploit the same security hole. One that's

a) terribly rare
b) already patched

so... how is this a "new" threat?

oh, yeah... we never claimed UNIX/Linux was perfect. We just said it was scads better than that thrown-together FUD-marketed shithole kludge of a trash heap that Microsoft masquerades as an "operating system".

Now piss off before you're pissed on.

edit: if in case you didn't notice, you raised my ire!

[ October 09, 2002: Message edited by: The Jimmy James ]

Calum:
for a good while now the windoid regulars have been eager to discover the odd *nix security problem and post it here. i have *never* seen a unix vulnerability that has not already been patched be posted on this site.

However - i am grateful to the windoids for trying to help us identify areas of concern so we know to update a particular piece of software. As, i think, void main said, there's no way i would waste my time attempting to return the favour and post all the windows security holes, what woul dbe the point anyway? many of them don't have adequate fixes.

So, thanks to the windoids, but really there are a lot of linux developers out there who are quicker off the mark than you are at letting people know about security vulnerabilities, and more to the point, providing failsafe fixes for them, so don't waste your time, guys, people are already doing what you are doing.

thanks anyway!  :D

Pantso:

quote:Originally posted by void main:
Let's see, we have two Windows geeks here and every time a new Linux vulnerability comes out they both have to post it. Geez if we started posting every Windows vulnerability the web master would have to get some more disk drives to hold the database.
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Hey, that's what I wanted to post  :mad:  . Couldn't have said it better void  

Pantso:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
for a good while now the windoid regulars have been eager to discover the odd *nix security problem and post it here. i have *never* seen a unix vulnerability that has not already been patched be posted on this site.

However - i am grateful to the windoids for trying to help us identify areas of concern so we know to update a particular piece of software. As, i think, void main said, there's no way i would waste my time attempting to return the favour and post all the windows security holes, what woul dbe the point anyway? many of them don't have adequate fixes.

So, thanks to the windoids, but really there are a lot of linux developers out there who are quicker off the mark than you are at letting people know about security vulnerabilities, and more to the point, providing failsafe fixes for them, so don't waste your time, guys, people are already doing what you are doing.

thanks anyway!   :D  
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Perhaps they should as well be forwarding their messages to major Linux vendors out there or the open source community in general. That would really help them fix those flaws up even quicker
  :D

lazygamer:
I have yet to see a linux virus or vunerability thread here that isn't debunked like a bad myth.(not saying it's a myth though)

Can XP loo-sah or Zombie ever post something that MES responds "Damn, that could hurt alot of n00bs! Luckily most malicous h4x0rs don't use *nix, let alone know about that particular issue."

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