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| 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 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n7mpbt$4h3$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <thjgsdi83.pa0@rooftop.invalid> <n7mbfk$l4h$2@dont-email.me> <ngmbvjif84.f2qw@rooftop.invalid> <n7mm6a$siq$1@dont-email.me> <fhnvhcue93r.o1o@rooftop.invalid> |
On 2016-01-19 8:37 PM, owl wrote: > Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >> On 2016-01-19 7:10 PM, owl wrote: >>> Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >>>> On 2016-01-19 4:21 PM, owl wrote: >>>>> Slimer <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >>>>>> ROFL! It's in the kernel too. "The flaw, which was introduced into the >>>>>> Linux kernel in version 3.8 released in early 2013, resides in the OS >>>>>> keyring." Looks like your toiletware is ONCE MORE the source of security >>>>>> problems. >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/linux-bug-imperils-tens-of-millions-of-pcs-servers-and-android-phones/> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shit happens. Good thing I don't have to wait until "Patch Tuesday" and >>>>> then fight a hostile upgrade attempt just to patch a security vuln. >>>>> >>>>> CVE-2013-4312 >>>>> CVE-2015-7566 >>>>> CVE-2015-8767 >>>>> CVE-2016-0723 >>>>> CVE-2016-0728 >>>>> >>>>> https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3448 >>>>> <quote> >>>>> For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3. >>>>> </quote> >>>>> >>>>> anon@lowtide:~$ 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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