Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271973AbTHNXzM (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:55:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275367AbTHNXzL (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:55:11 -0400 Received: from smtp805.mail.sc5.yahoo.com ([66.163.168.184]:48942 "HELO smtp805.mail.sc5.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S275213AbTHNXzH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:55:07 -0400 From: "Joseph D. Wagner" To: Cc: "Bob Adkins" , "Linux GCC" , "Linux Kernel" Subject: RE: GNU server "compromised"? Gimme a break! Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:55:05 -0500 Message-ID: <000601c362bf$7eadc9a0$62a14943@joe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-reply-to: <200308141813.AA266993698@worldtechtribune.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1535 Lines: 25 I just think this goes a long way to say that GNU/Linux security sucks, the theory of a thousand eyes isn't true because the eyes aren't looking, GNU/Linux security sucks, FSF is administrated by incompetent boobs (notice that even their pre-hacked backups could be compromised -- um, "offsite backups" anyone?), GNU/Linux security sucks, auditing is non-existent because they can't tell who did what (they'd first need ACL's for this), GNU/Linux security sucks, backdoors can be in open source code, ... and did I mention that GNU/Linux security sucks? > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott McCollum [mailto:scott@worldtechtribune.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:14 PM > To: Joseph D. Wagner; bob@bobadkins.com > Subject: GNU server "compromised"? Gimme a break! > > http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/2248811 > > So the excuse is that the GNU/Linux servers holding source code for the > Free Software Foundation was compromised will be how Stallman and his > cronies explain the fact that SCO-owned intellectual property got onto > their servers. > > How crazy does it sound when you say this out loud: "A hacker broke into > our open source servers and slipped proprietary code into the source code > of GNU/Linux in an attempt to plant evidence to frame us"? > - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/