Thinking topical,
It consumed most of the day
as a precaution
An exploit is found
Bash, CGI scripting flaw
new patches employed
If you host on line
your version of bash do check
The repos refreshed
Fin. :-)
For those who have no idea what I'm on about:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/bash_shell_vuln/
There are some great headlines doing the rounds.. This one takes the
cake I think:
http://www.wired.com/2014/09/internet-braces-crazy-shellshock-worm/
(What worm? Wired should know better!)
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/new-bash-bug-could-pose-bigger-threat-heartbleed-n211006
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/shell-shock-bash-bug-labelled-largest-ever-to-hit-the-internet-20140925-10ltx1.html
Great stuff...
Considering the major attack vector would be bash CGI scripts which
anyone with a brain stopped using about 10 years ago I'm picking someone
got a bit excited and then the other news media got hold of it.
Anyway, Debian and RH have both updated their repos... Illuminos,
SmartOS and Solaris appear not to be caught up in it due to compile-time
options for bash, and no-one who's got any sense uses OS X to host
something on the public Internet anyway. I think that covers 99% of the
*ix hosting these days?
On 25/09/14 16:01, Chris Hellyar wrote:
On servers remote
in Datacenters, lights out.
Debian Makes sense.
On Desktops deployed
Surfing the great unknown
Ubuntu's at home.
For uptime you care
five nines the contract denotes
roll out Solaris.
The data is large
complex structures, indexes worse
informix knows best
as tight as a drum
in security it shines
lock down, BSD
Slow day.
On 25/09/14 13:42, Derek Smithies wrote:
Hi,
but it is so true
for all who just want to do
you go ubuntu
Derek.
On 25/09/14 13:37, Douglas Royds wrote:
Old duffers maintain
that Debian is the source,
the One True Distro
On 24 September 2014 22:21, Chris Hellyar <ch...@trash.co.nz> wrote:
Back to Debian
for stability I crave
farewell, Ubuntu.
(made the shift with my last rebuild, happy camper now..)
On 24/09/2014, at 9:55 pm, Nick Rout <nick.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:40 PM, David Lowe
<da...@thistledown.co.nz> wrote:
On 24/09/2014 6:06 pm, "Nick Rout" <nick.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
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