On 2/13/13 10:46 , Timo Strunk wrote:
> There is a very inflammatory article about BOINC on the MDR website, 
> which blames the University of Berkeley for not fixing security holes,

Indeed, and it clearly shows that neither the "hacker" (see below) nor
the MDR have a clue how BOINC works - unfortunately. Good journalism is
done differently...

> The picture shows the recent php security vulnerability changeset, which 
> was on our server a day after it went to git. Is this the security hole, 
> which was reported by the security firm Unnex?

Most likely, the interviewed "hacker" is called Matthias Ungethüm who,
despite the unusual last name, is in fact the founder of Unnex, a
penetration testing "company". While existing security flaws are
certainly something that needs urgent fixing, the general tone of this
"breaking news" article sounds more like a PR stunt for his own
"company" if you ask me.


Oliver

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