Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-15 Thread Ben Sturmfels
On 08/03/17 12:23, Russell Coker wrote: > This isn't really news. After Snowden's information this is something most > people expected. > > https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/assange-man-in-the-news/512243/ > > Also remember that Assange seems to be a Russian agent. Hi

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Russell Coker
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/opinion/the-truth-about-the-wikileaks-cia-cache.html?smid=fb-nytimes=cur=http://m.facebook.com/ -- Sent from my Nexus 6P with K-9 Mail. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Jookia
On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 06:41:00PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > I agree that reducing the attack surface is good, but I doubt that dealing > with BIOS bugs actually achieves that goal. To get to the BIOS an attacker > has to either compromise the kernel/acpid or gain physical access to the >

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-08 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 07:41:37 AM Jookia wrote: > I don't plan to make my system resistant to a full-scale CIA attack, but I > do like having a BIOS that isn't a complete and buggy operating system in > itself. I think reducing the attack surface is always a worthy goal. I agree that reducing the

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-08 Thread Jookia
On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 05:12:18PM +1100, Glenn McIntosh wrote: > You'll be pleased to see that selinux gets a few mentions in the CIA > leaks :-), particularly in the Android context (eg that it prevents > normal installation of their 'RoidRage' malware, and how they get around > it). > > It is

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-07 Thread Glenn McIntosh
On 08/03/17 14:14, Russell Coker wrote: > True. I think I've done my share of work in securing Linux systems both > directly through working on SE Linux and indirectly through finding bugs in > various daemons and applications (often due to SE Linux policy revealing > inappropriate things).

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-07 Thread jason
free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au Cc: ja...@cleeland.org Subject: Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 02:39:58 PM ja...@cleeland.org wrote: > If the information is all that matters, wikileaks will rel

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-07 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 01:46:00 PM Andri Effendi wrote: > I think people who dismiss Assange or Snowden as "Russian Agent(s)" are > bonkers and have been manipulated by the MSM. I have never suggested that Snowden is a Russian agent. He merely resides in Russia, there is no evidence of him favoring

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-07 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 01:12:16 PM Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > > Also remember that Assange seems to be a Russian agent. > > Oh, really? Yes, anyone who claims that Russia has an open government is on the Russian side. For all the flaws of the US government it doesn't openly kill journalists that

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-07 Thread Adrian Colomitchi
> This isn't really news. From the two messages: "Security by obscurity in these areas" vs "Assange is ..." - which one would you consider relevant for you? The very page linked in the original poster: "The CIA made these systems unclassified. Why the CIA chose to make its cyberarsenal

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-07 Thread Russell Coker
This isn't really news. After Snowden's information this is something most people expected. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/assange-man-in-the-news/512243/ Also remember that Assange seems to be a Russian agent. -- Sent from my Nexus 6P with K-9 Mail.