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Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones
Date 2016-01-20 01:37 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <fhnvhcue93r.o1o@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote:
> On 2016-01-19 7:10 PM, owl wrote:
>> Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote:
>>> On 2016-01-19 4:21 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote:
>>>>> ROFL! It's in the kernel too. "The flaw, which was introduced into the
>>>>> Linux kernel in version 3.8 released in early 2013, resides in the OS
>>>>> keyring." Looks like your toiletware is ONCE MORE the source of security
>>>>> problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/linux-bug-imperils-tens-of-millions-of-pcs-servers-and-android-phones/>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Shit happens.  Good thing I don't have to wait until "Patch Tuesday" and
>>>> then fight a hostile upgrade attempt just to patch a security vuln.
>>>>
>>>> CVE-2013-4312
>>>> CVE-2015-7566
>>>> CVE-2015-8767
>>>> CVE-2016-0723
>>>> CVE-2016-0728
>>>>
>>>> https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448
>>>> <quote>
>>>> For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3.
>>>> </quote>
>>>>
>>>> anon@lowtide:~$ uname -a
>>>> Linux lowtide 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>> anon@lowtide:~$
>>>
>>> At the end of the day, posting such an article is mostly to show the
>>> "advocates" what kind of fools they are. You're actually honest, they
>>> aren't. Just your response to my post shows how respectable you are. If
>>> they had even a shred of your integrity, they wouldn't have to resort to
>>> cleaning toilets or wiping dicks for an income.
>>>
>> 
>> I mainly use Linux because I like it and it makes a good VMware host.
>> If I were that bug-eyed about security, I'd be using OpenBSD as my
>> primary desktop. 
>> 
>> http://www.openbsd.org/security.html
> 
> I think the only thing working against BSD at this point is the fact
> that it compares poorly with GNU/Linux when it comes to overall speed.
> I've never used it for long times but it seemed neat enough.
> 

I only recently added an OpenBSD VM.  I used to host a domain from my
house about 15 years ago and had OpenBSD as my mail server.  I had been
using FreeBSD as my desktop system for a while then and never really
used OpenBSD as a GUI desktop.  The VM I have now i have set up with fvwm.
OpenBSD team provides a nice, sane default config for fvwm, and their 
manpages are excellent.  I have FreeBSD and NetBSD VMs here also. 
All of the BSDs are nice.  

I actually got so used to the BSD feel back then that it was hard to
come back to Linux.  Linux had sort of a sloppy feel by comparison.
Hard to put my finger on exactly what it was.  I really wish I could
use BSD as a VM host.  Just not practical.  I may have to start spending
more time in the VM.

I don't know though.  I'm getting old.  I don't have the passion I used
to have for computers.  Plus I've got about a year's worth of books on
the shelf that I haven't read yet (non-computer-related).

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Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-19 15:35 -0500
  Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-19 21:21 +0000
    Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-19 16:59 -0500
      Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 00:10 +0000
        Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 16:53 -0800
        Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-19 20:02 -0500
          Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 01:37 +0000
            Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-19 20:56 -0500
            Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-19 23:49 -0500
              Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 14:54 +0000
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-20 16:24 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 22:08 +0000
            Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-19 23:49 -0500
              Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-20 09:33 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-20 16:40 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-20 22:45 +0100
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-21 18:27 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-01-22 00:58 +0100
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-21 19:56 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-22 06:46 -0600
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-22 08:42 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-22 15:36 -0700
              Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 14:55 +0000
              Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-20 15:04 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-21 18:28 -0500
    Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-20 09:43 +0000
      Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 15:01 +0000
        Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-20 10:32 -0500
          Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 15:48 +0000
            Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-20 13:05 -0500
              Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 19:10 +0000
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-20 15:56 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 21:20 +0000
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-20 17:45 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 08:51 +0000
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-21 09:42 -0500
            Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-20 16:24 -0500
              Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 22:00 +0000
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-21 00:46 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 00:57 +0000
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-21 12:16 -0500
                Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 18:56 +0000

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