On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 13:41 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On Mar 19, 2008, at 15:36, Ben Scott wrote: > > > You're obviously not installing all your security updates, then. > > Both the 2.4 and 2.6 Debian kernels have had security advisories > > posted within the past two years. > > Hey, it's possible that Warren's kernel is so old that he doesn't > suffer from the vmslice() exploit. :) > > Seriously, though - check. If `uname -r` >= 2.6.17, vmsplice() plus > one (e.g.) PHP bug = remote root exploit. That's bad, mmmkay? > > Perhaps more importantly you're not picking up ext3 bugfixes, the CQF > elevator, etc. > > And somebody around here actually found an old Netware box running in > a closet that had been drywalled over 5 years before. It was > apparently still serving files and print jobs (they traced the > ethernet cable).
Maybe instead of uptime it should be renamed to closettime ;^) -Alex > > -Bill > > ----- > Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 > BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 > http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 > Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ > VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
