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Re: [LUG] budget cuts

 

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, tom brough wrote:

First lesson should be DON'T USE INHERENTLY INSECURE OPERATING SYSTEMS
(that is install gnu/linux).

Heh... or *sigh*

You know there's a current root exploit going in glibc, don't you? Allows any ordinary user to get root access )-:

Well - maybe not on all platforms. It didn't work for me on Debian Lenny, but I've not had time to try some others.

Gordon

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