Linux servers hacked - who would have thought

So much for Linux (Ubuntu) being bullet proof.

Ubuntu servers hijacked. Used to launch attack.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp

People have been saying right along that ***ALL*** operating systems are
vulnerable!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Richard Urban wrote:
> So much for Linux (Ubuntu) being bullet proof.
>
> Ubuntu servers hijacked. Used to launch attack.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp
>
> People have been saying right along that ***ALL*** operating systems are
> vulnerable!
>



If you thought otherwise then it only exposes a deplorable lack of
knowledge on your part.

The article seems to suggest that the machines in question were
extremely poorly maintained and running outdated versions of the OS.

Oh. My. God.
That's it. I'm switching to a more secure operating system!
Does anyone know if Apple still makes Lisa?



"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> So much for Linux (Ubuntu) being bullet proof.
>
> Ubuntu servers hijacked. Used to launch attack.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp
>
> People have been saying right along that ***ALL*** operating systems are
> vulnerable!
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>

How about an S-100 bus machine running CP/M?

I might still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 hiding in the closet.


"DP" <> wrote in message
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Oh. My. God.
That's it. I'm switching to a more secure operating system!
Does anyone know if Apple still makes Lisa?



"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
> So much for Linux (Ubuntu) being bullet proof.
>
> Ubuntu servers hijacked. Used to launch attack.
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp
>
> People have been saying right along that ***ALL*** operating systems are
> vulnerable!
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>

Do you think the Datasette from my old Vic-20 is compatible with the
Sinclair? Is there a hack, maybe?


"Val" <> wrote in message
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> How about an S-100 bus machine running CP/M?
>
> I might still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 hiding in the closet.
>
>
> "DP" <> wrote in message
> news:u%...
> Oh. My. God.
> That's it. I'm switching to a more secure operating system!
> Does anyone know if Apple still makes Lisa?
>
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> So much for Linux (Ubuntu) being bullet proof.
>>
>> Ubuntu servers hijacked. Used to launch attack.
>>
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp
>>
>> People have been saying right along that ***ALL*** operating systems are
>> vulnerable!
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>
>

"Val" <> wrote in message
news:...
> How about an S-100 bus machine running CP/M?
>
> I might still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 hiding in the closet.


My KayPro and TRS-80 model I have never been hacked. They must be superior.

CPM - only way to fly

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Val" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> How about an S-100 bus machine running CP/M?
>>
>> I might still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 hiding in the closet.
>
>
> My KayPro and TRS-80 model I have never been hacked. They must be superior.
>
>

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> The article seems to suggest that the machines in question were extremely
> poorly maintained and running outdated versions of the OS.

And that doesn't happen with regularity in the real world? You think this is
an extreme exception?

Lang

Funny, my calculator never got hacked either.

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message
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>
> "Val" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> How about an S-100 bus machine running CP/M?
>>
>> I might still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 hiding in the closet.
>
>
> My KayPro and TRS-80 model I have never been hacked. They must be
> superior.
>
>

LOL, I have 10,000 feet of mylar tape with the programming for the HP-2000.
But where am I going to find 480,000 vacuum tubes and 25 miles of wire? or a
100 baud modem?

"Val" <> wrote in message
news:...
> How about an S-100 bus machine running CP/M?
>
> I might still have a Timex-Sinclair 1000 hiding in the closet.
>
>
> "DP" <> wrote in message
> news:u%...
> Oh. My. God.
> That's it. I'm switching to a more secure operating system!
> Does anyone know if Apple still makes Lisa?