Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Ancient Linux servers blighted slum houses of the Internet Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:39:56 +0000 Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <5535#19113@usenet.squte.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 4kon81IslNb0S3oFJgQuwQcDfZLdaG1usBxRiwWbHZPEi/1vNG X-Orig-Path: squidward.local.dionic.net!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:z68YcLGOiKOxPqFoNJnpjKOBu7A= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: <5535#19113@usenet.squte.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:1891 On 22/03/14 15:19, tdk wrote: > This is actually a vulnerability in PHP and nothing to do with Linux. PHP does seem to be the route to 90% of server hacks. I don't know if it is the fault of the language, or its popularity - particularly in attracting the casual hacker rather than the seasoned programmer.