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On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 10:29 +0100, Roman Zilka wrote: |
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> I actually did mean libmng - it's a good example exactly because it's |
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> so unpopular, yet exists on real systems. As for the reference, see |
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> `emerge -pv libmng`. |
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Sorry! I did a google search for "libmng" yesterday and turned up |
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nothing. I must have misspelled it since I tried it today and came up |
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with all kinds of references. My apologies to all. |
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> For the sake of security of that server, I hope you skipped a number |
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> of other steps you took. |
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I had one of my colleagues, who runs one of Austin's top computer |
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security firms take a look at the situation. He concurred with me on |
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the diagnosis, and there were a limited number of things that could be |
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done, including updating glibc. Customers are free to put whatever they |
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want on their websites, and those who run WordPress are warned that |
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they're liable for damages if their apps get hacked and the system |
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compromised. |
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> I suggest quitting this discussion. It's getting way |
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> off-topic, too general and unfit for this mailinglist, as all these |
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> questions can be answered by checking sources someone else has |
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> previously spent their time on writing. |
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Roman, are you a moderator on this list? The Gentoo website describes |
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it as a "Mailing list devoted to Gentoo on the desktop" so I assumed |
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that Gentoo desktop security was an appropriate topic. |
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That having been said, perhaps you might recommend a few of the best |
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"sources someone else has previously spent their time on writing" since |
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you seem to have knowledge of these, and I'll be happy to let the thread |
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drop. |
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