Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
arstechnica.comMalicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for more than a month.
TL;DR there was a backdoor found in the XZ program. All major distros have been updated but it is recommended that you do a fresh install on systems that are exposed to the internet and that had the bad version of the program. Only upstream distros were affected.
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Don’t tell me how to live my life, Ars Technica.
Ars Technica sounds like a weirdo to me these days. Loves to attack big techs (although understandable), now adds this to their description of Arch.
I am not deep enough in it, but from the arch-announce mailinglist:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
“stable” release of Arch?
yes, like my marriage
They mean a variant you use in a stable, like to run an automatic feeder for horses. According to Ars Technica, however, you are not to use it in your production stable.
Yeah, screw em. I use mine to produce lots of stuff.
I try to avoid producing too much manure though.
I think lots of IT people have an extremely limited experience of what it is to produce something.
I mean if opening a ssh hole to the whole world to fuck with is an important part of what they consider “production” - well I’m not really into those types of websites.
You should not run Arch in production. Boom, I said it
Well I don’t see any cops.
Hmmm. Are you white?
This is what I look like:
If I pray to you will I be able to get my printer to work?
There are some things that not even a god has the power to do.
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