Re: Four people decided the fate of debian with systemd. Bad faith likely

On 02/03/2014, Jack wrote: > First off, I'm not a Debian Developer. The way Debian is constituted, > it's ultimately up to DDs to decide what direction Debian takes (so I > understand). So my remarks below should be read in the light of the fact > I'm not a DD, just a user - I don't speak ith any

Re: How secure is an installation with with no non-free packages?

On 13/09/2013, Jonathan Perry-Houts wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > My understanding of the microcode binary blobs is that they provide > updates to your processor / BIOS that usually have no free > alternative. So basically, your BIOS is probably already non-free and

Re: crappy mouse patch from security perspective

2011/1/9 shirish शिरीष > hmm. true true. While I do understand I don't think I'm capable > enough for the 'understanding the code' part of thing. If you're capable of navigating the mailing lists and the Debian repositories, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to learn how to read the cod

Re: crappy mouse patch from security perspective

Hi Shirish, 2011/1/9 shirish शिरीष > But as I'm not a programmer hence would like the debian community to > take a look at that , see if there are any inadverant goof-ups or > anything before I take the plunge of applying the patch. > I'm not sure the community will look too sympathetically on

Re: Backport for OpenSSH CBC Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability

2009/6/30 Nico Golde > > Hi, > * Niko Thome [2009-06-30 11:47]: > > I stumbled upon a vulnerability in OpenSSH reported back in November > > 2008. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32319 > > > > I was a bit concerned about that flaw, and tried to find out if it is > > fixed due a backport of some

Re: Linux infected ?

2009/1/29 Rodrigo Hashimoto > In the first attempt the iceweasel didn't respond, then I tried again and I > realized the iceweasel was trying to use the wine. I never let weasels drink alcohol ;-) Seriously, though, I hope you get to the bottom of this. I've long wondered about cross-platform s

Re: What to do about SSH brute force attempts?

Assuming that your system is secured as well as can be, and that your question is not about how to fend off attacks but rather how to stop your attackers from being able to continue, isn't this the kind of thing that the police or other law enforcement agencies would normally investigate? Sam