Re: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, I too, say it's nothing to do with the distribution, everything to do with the administrator. If you get bit by lprng, shame on you. If you get bit by statd, resign, that one's old. I had 50 machines trojaned with it when the spoit first came out, but due to good IDS (a a co-worker in the of

Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Joris Lambrecht
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Re: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > <> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16168.html Anything that runs the vulnerable versions of those programs is vulnerable, including Debian. The key is to keep up to date with

RE: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
you might find something to laugh about. Brooks > -Original Message- > From: Joris Lambrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:48 AM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > Subject: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO ! >

RE: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > WELL, i'm might have been somewhat too eager to spark a discussion ... > the thing i'm wondering/confused about is that the 'worm' infects only > redhat systems, according to this article at

Re: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 11:47:55AM +0100, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > <> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16168.html No, I don't think Debian is any safer. Admins of publicly accesible machines need to track security updates. -- Eric G. Miller

RE: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
erable. -| -|anyway, good to know i turned of my machine this morning :) -| -|J.L. -| -|-Original Message- -|From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -|Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:00 PM -|To: Joris Lambrecht -|Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' -|Subject: Re:

RE: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
erable. -| -|anyway, good to know i turned of my machine this morning :) -| -|J.L. -| -|-Original Message- -|From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -|Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 4:00 PM -|To: Joris Lambrecht -|Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' -|Subject: Re:

Re: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Remco van de Meent
Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16168.html Describing holes in lprng, wu.ftpd, and rpc.statd. None of these holes are present in potato with the updates from security.debian.org. cheers, Remco.

RE: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO !

2001-01-18 Thread Joris Lambrecht
' Subject: Re: Debian is safer than this ? I REALLY HOPE SO ! -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > <> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16168.html Anything that runs the vulnerable versions of th