WARN: Major kernel vuln: affects 2.6.x + 2.4.x + 2.2.x

unSpawn · 02-18-2004, 03:23 PM

I looked into it and I found that the mysterious motive for *hacing* Linux boxes is to obtain a hack launch platform to conceal the haxors real IP/box etc.
Kinda OT wrt this discussion, but yes, having several launch pads is necessary.

Gees ok, I kinda expected my doz box> Linux transition was going to enhance hac *cough* security, obviously no!
I do not see why your migration would lower the security posture of your boxen. Security isn't a one-time thing, it's something YOU can ACTIVELY do something about, it ain't a situation like where you have to wait a YEAR for an bundled fix release and STILL have issues needing to be fixed...

witeshark · 02-18-2004, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by unSpawn
I do not see why your migration would lower the security posture of your boxen. Security isn't a one-time thing, it's something YOU can ACTIVELY do something about, it ain't a situation like where you have to wait a YEAR for an bundled fix release and STILL have issues needing to be fixed...

Well said. It's ridiculous, someone should be so embarrassed. As I see it, security is a daily job. I just read where some guy temp working in an office found a Unix system password file publicly readable, passwords in hash, but what good is that once accessed!