I think we're being trolled here, and reasonably well, too.
To support this, we have have our troll making inflammatory claims, completely
ignoring any kind of logic, and tossing in extras like comparisons to Windows.
Also, cute female physicists tend not to go advertising that fact on the net.
On Fri, 11 May 2001, Linda MacPhee-Cobb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just found a huge security flaw that lets anyone take root control of your
> computer during boot.
Hrmm... You aren't referring to things like:
boot with init=/bin/sh
boot to single user mode
etc?
> I sent mandrake a bug report, but wh
On Sat, 12 May 2001, Mary Gardiner wrote:
> Some loose notes from 'how to be a popular security flaw spotter,'
as opposed to an unpopular one ;)
> 1) Contact the authors/those responsible first.
This is a good point. Given that the flaw/exploit was posted to a
'beginner's list' I'd be pretty
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 10:31:19PM +, Vincent Isaac West wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, Linda MacPhee-Cobb wrote:
>
> > I sent mandrake a bug report, but who should I send this information to? I
> > found it posted on a linux users list for beginners, so it is online for
> > crackers to fin
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Hi,
I just found a huge security flaw that lets anyone take root control of your
computer during boot.
I sent mandrake a bug report, but who should I send this information to? I
found i
On Fri, 11 May 2001, Linda MacPhee-Cobb wrote:
> I sent mandrake a bug report, but who should I send this information to? I
> found it posted on a linux users list for beginners, so it is online for
> crackers to find. I found it while searching for something else entirely.
Do you know if an
Hi,
I just found a huge security flaw that lets anyone take root control of your
computer during boot.
I sent mandrake a bug report, but who should I send this information to? I
found it posted on a linux users list for beginners, so it is online for
crackers to find. I found it while searc
