Re: [RDD] Ransonware attack

2021-12-16 Thread Rich Gattie
While this is no doubt a big headache and a ton of work for Tim, and I empathize, this is also a very good discussion to help others avoid this. I think this would make for a great page on the Wiki to have some of these suggested measures available for everyone to have ready access to. I only am

Re: [RDD] Ransonware attack

2021-12-16 Thread drew Roberts
Crazy idea to follow... On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 11:37 AM Fred Gleason wrote: snip > > So, just saying “Interfacing with Windows isn’t supported” isn’t in the > cards if you expect to be an actually relevant, viable option in Broadcast > Automation. > Well, there's a good chance it is crazy...

Re: [RDD] Ransonware attack

2021-12-16 Thread Fred Gleason
On Dec 15, 2021, at 23:51, Brian wrote: > One more thought... Samba is Open Source, and I think you could make a case > that mature, established, widely-used open source software is generally less > exploitable than widely-used proprietary software of any age. The reason for > this being the

Re: [RDD] Ransonware attack

2021-12-16 Thread Fred Gleason
On Dec 15, 2021, at 23:43, Brian wrote: > I'm not sure this conclusion follows from the premises. Samba on *nix is a > totally independent implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocols that shares > nothing in common with the MS implementations. 99.9% of the time > vulnerabilities like the one