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dogle · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 312

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/31/linux_kernel_security_breach/

The shape of things to come?
(edit - see new post September 12)

Dougal · Posted: Thu 01 Sep 2011, 15:04 Post subject:

What Jon Corbet has to say is likely more intelligent than what El Reg report...

Bruce B · Posted: Thu 01 Sep 2011, 15:18 Post subject: Re: Attack on Linux reported

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9868 Location: SwedenEurope

Would puppy then be as safe as Slitaz or TinyCore or some other non-root? oops I do run Slitaz as root so that does not help me then?

But TCL I run as user. Am I more safe on TCL then? I mean in relation to what them write about there?

Puppy has built in servers? but as long as one don't call them up them don't run in the background or do they?

d4p · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 398

ZDNet Australia, 2004
http://www.zdnet.com.au/linux-hacked-more-often-than-windows-139116229.htm

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9868 Location: SwedenEurope

d4p that one from 2004 was also about Servers.
Does the average user of puppy have the server activated at boot? Or does one have to start a special program?

What is the name of the server can one stop it from going on?

WillM · Posted: Fri 02 Sep 2011, 18:09 Post subject:

Hi nooby,

The name of the web server on Puppy Linux is called hiawatha. It must be started manually, so that should not be running.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9868 Location: SwedenEurope

Thanks, now when you give me the name I do remember I have seen it many times in the forum but have never read about it due to me not into server and barely get what it is. sure one can place files on such and then others can ftp to and fro. but that is all I know.

Ooops Edit. All of you know that there is a "Server" built into Opera!!!

So how safe is that one then. Is that one on all the time maybe? I use Firefox. Does that one maybe act as a server too? Flash addon maybe does Smile

What I don't like about AV is that the free ones seldom are so good that them can tell that one are under attack only much later can find that a signature is a known such one but then that one have been there for days doing damage.

What we would need is software that "sense" something bad is going on and it shut it out and told us instantly. An intelligent watcher over what come in and goes out.

Dougal · Posted: Sat 03 Sep 2011, 14:51 Post subject:

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9868 Location: SwedenEurope

okay, we are all a bit biased maybe Smile

At least I am a Frugal Install NTFS Fan

dogle · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 312

ooops! ......

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9868 Location: SwedenEurope

that is four days ago. Seems severe thing or is it normal that one ahve problem for four days?

Dave_G · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 459

Yup, still down so it must be serious.

robotgirl · Joined: 08 Sep 2011 Posts: 11

they probably just don't want to go back up until they know the root (no pun intended) of the problem, it's not really that uncommon for a site to stay down for a few days after an attack like this. This is a security breach, not a simple DDOS attack or something.

Dougal · Posted: Wed 14 Sep 2011, 08:32 Post subject: