Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-14 Thread lubuntu_mailing_list
Well, thank you for letting me know of this vulnerability. It seems that my Lubuntu 13.10 is affected. I suppose that Ubuntu 13.10 is affected too. Bash is a great shell, but the sh language is terrible. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread Andre Rodovalho
If you want something to show to the guys on your next meeting, try this: http://falkvinge.net/2013/11/17/nsa-asked-linus-torvalds-to-install-backdoors-into-gnulinux/ http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-munich-rejected-steve-ballmer-and-kicked-microsoft-out-of-the-city/ http://www.comparebus

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread Israel
Hi Marc, I'd like to reiterate what Lars said. The bug was patched almost as soon as the news broke. It was seemless. However, Apple users had to wait a week or so for an update. We got it MUCH faster, and they are 'known' for security. After the story broke I ran sudo apt-get update && sudo apt

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread Artemgy
Marc, > In a meeting this morning the issue of the BASH security vulnerability was > brought up as a reason not to go the Ubuntu open > source route. I need to find out if this security vulnerability is something > we should be worried about to the point of not moving > forward with this projec

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread ki7mt
ft that out of my email. The Shellshock vulnerability. I apologize for that. -Original Message- From: lubuntu-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:lubuntu-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of John Niendorf Sent: October-08-14 3:25 PM To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: BAS

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread Andre Rodovalho
Jesus, people are comparing Win7 security with Linux? Tell those guys not to worry, in case of doubt, hire a serious security consulting agency... 2014-10-08 16:57 GMT-03:00 Lars Noodén : > > The Shellshock vulnerability. > > Desktops were largely unaffected. The machines that were vulnerable >

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread Lars Noodén
> The Shellshock vulnerability. Desktops were largely unaffected. The machines that were vulnerable were primarily servers that met three conditions: a. running publicly available scripts b. those scripts were shell scripts, which is in itself rare as perl, python, php are common. c. those she

RE: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread Marc Tremblay
users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: BASH security vulnerability Hi Marc, Just to be clear, what vulnerability do you mean? John On 10/08/2014 09:22 PM, Marc Tremblay wrote: > Hello, > > > > I work for a school board in Montreal, Quebec and we are transitioning > over to GA

Re: BASH security vulnerability

2014-10-08 Thread John Niendorf
Hi Marc, Just to be clear, what vulnerability do you mean? John On 10/08/2014 09:22 PM, Marc Tremblay wrote: > Hello, > > > > I work for a school board in Montreal, Quebec and we are transitioning > over to GAFE. This transition has allowed the acceptance of Ubuntu > (Lubuntu) as a perfect s