[SLUG] [ECOMM] Re: [LINK] Warnings over second "flaw" in Red Hat Linux(fwd)

[Rick Welykochy <rickw@nospam.ce.com.au>]

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Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:04:44 +1000 (EST)
From: Rick Welykochy <rick@nospam.praxis.com.au>
Reply-To: ecomm@nospam.ce.com.au
To: Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd@nospam.dynamite.com.au>
Cc: Link <link@nospam.www.anu.edu.au>, ecomm@nospam.ce.com.au
Subject: [ECOMM] Re: [LINK] Warnings over second "flaw" in Red Hat Linux

On Tue, 2 May 2000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> Warnings over second "flaw" in Red Hat Linux
> Australian IT
> http://www.australianit.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,633573%255E442,00.html
> 
> DOMINIQUE JACKSON

[SNIP]
 
> Mr Todd challenged to members of the "Link" mailing list to put their Red
> Hat servers up for hacking, and has succeeded in hacking nine of 17 systems
> owned by government agencies, ISPs, businesses and individuals.
> 
> He said that when he had broken through all the servers, an email would be
> sent to their owners telling them that their systems had been violated. A
> message also would be sent to the Link list and the AusISP list with
> details of the servers hacked and the security flaw.
> 
> Mr Todd said he hoped to finish the task in the next fortnight.

Well Mr Todd ... put up or shutup. Substantiate your claims.
You've stated your case, let's see the list of hacked machines.
And the exploit. The Linux community deserves at least this much.

The IT community does at least the same for MS boxes ;-)

The damage Mr Todd is doing to the image of Linux through
mainstream media is incalculable, and all for his own benefit.

Mr Todd, your image has been besmerked beyond repair by this episode.


In comtempt,
Rick Welykochy


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