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

From Slimer <.m@nsn.s>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux bug imperils tens of millions of PCs, servers, and Android phones
Date 2016-01-19 20:56 -0500
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On 2016-01-19 8:37 PM, owl wrote:
> 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).

I've lost much of the passion myself. A younger version of me would have
loved to experiment with the overall mediocrity of GNU/Linux but I've
since come to value my time and don't waste to waste it anymore. I'd
rather write a few books of questionable quality and teach rather than
have "fun" with something morons like Wideload Porkster programmed.


-- 
Slimer
EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter
"Everything seems to work fine, except that occasionally everything
freezes." - Another one of GNU/Linux's many victims
"Sound wasn't even a gauranteed thing on a PC in the 90s." - Linux
apologist JEDIDIAH explaining why sound never worked/works right in Linux

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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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