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Post by buzzy on Sept 25, 2014 14:32:18 GMT
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Post by mikkh on Sept 26, 2014 9:01:39 GMT
As a Linux user, I've just trawled through lot's of similar articles and amongst all the scaremongering and inane comments from Windows users happy that it's not them this time - one little phrase brings it all into context for me....
"Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability via SSH"
Basically you've got to be hacked to be vulnerable, and as I keep very few government secrets on my PC, I'm pretty sure I'm not at risk
I don't want to make light of this 'deadly serious' problem, because over half of the internet servers in the World are running some form of Linux and it could potentially affect everyone. The difference between Linux and Windows is that things get sorted much quicker, so I'm not expecting the (internet) World to stop turning any time soon
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Post by mikkh on Sept 30, 2014 12:18:29 GMT
It took 3 days for my main distro (PClinuxOS) to patch this, and that was slow compared to others who had it sorted the same day it was announced It was never a major problem in the first place, but Windows users took great joy in this because it (potentially) affected both Apple and Linux Do you think Microsoft would have moved that fast? That's rhetorical because the answer is a definite no Here's probably the most concise article about it.... www.engadget.com/2014/09/25/what-is-the-shellshock/ |
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