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michael
on from the sauce-for-the-gander dept.
SirTimbly writes: "CNET is reporting that there is a buffer overflow problem with zlib in linux, which is used for network compression. Supposedly, someone could remotely cause a buffer overflow through mozilla, X11 and many other programs." The advisory from Red Hat is available.
I use Microsoft products
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Anonymous Coward
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Ahhhh, I am relaxed and worry free... I use stable and reliable microsoft products. Linux is for bitches anyway.
So much for "many eyes"....
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soulhuntre
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Funny, wan't this supposed to be impossible under Open Source?
Seriously, it looks like maybe it isn't so simple. In the "golden days" a lot of companies bought into the idea that Open Source code was free from these types of major flaws... now they see this isn't true.
So, when the glow is off the rose we see that Linux is no more reliable (thanks to 4.2) and no more secure than a well maintained Windows 2000/XP system.
And that's something some of us knew all along:)
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Re:zlib rarely used in MacOS. MacOS safe.
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Anonymous Coward
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Of course MacOS is safe. Nobody gives a rat's ass about Macs, 1337 hax0rs included. Why waste time targeting the three Mac users on the planet when there are millions of Windos users.
Re:Some More Links
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Anonymous Coward
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i bet you just live for slashdot karma you brainless twit
Meanwhile back at Microsoft
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WillSeattle
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There are no bugs with XP. Or with Win 2000. Or with WinCE.
Really.
Ignore the crashes - it's just your imagination.
Ask yourself - would you rather know about a bug? Or have someone knowledgeable deny it exists? Even when you have a CD with the bug fix installed on another computer.
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Will in Seattle - What are you doing to fight the War?
That's better
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Anonymous Coward
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But, still, the safest implementation should always be the default. That's a basic tenet of any computer security study. Linux has already ripped off BSD's VM and TCP/IP stacks; it may as well rip off their superior malloc() implementation as well.
Re:zlib rarely used in MacOS. MacOS safe.
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Anonymous Coward
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You really drone on and on and on.
I bet you don't have many friends, do you?
Re:Why didn't they use 'purify' ?
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Anonymous Coward
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Exactly.
If you can't trust Open Source developers to use appropriate methodologies and tools then you can't trust Open Source software.
Re:Oh the IRONY!
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WildBeast
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No, the previous story claimed that "Everyone seems to know... UNIX is safer than Windows". But then again, Linux is more popular than UNIX, so more bugs get discovered
Why is it....
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MikeDataLink
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That when Linux has a bug, its "supposedly" but when MS has a bug its "absolutely".
MARKED as 0 TROLL! HA! I knew moderators are fools
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Anonymous Coward
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MARKED as 0 TROLL! HA! I knew moderators are fools
It gets marked down because slashdot moderators cant handle the truth. Funny.
Mention 8 concrete reasons macs are more secure than linux and get bitchslapped by gutless losers lacking integrity. This post shows the real colors of the slashdot community... nothing but fanboys.... not engineers.
Re:zlib rarely used in MacOS. MacOS safe.
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Anonymous Coward
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Excellent troll! I applaud you! And here I thought the troll quality was going down on slashdot.
Linux sux0rs!
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Anonymous Coward
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Oh my God...You people bash Windows and Microsoft, but...WHAT'S THIS? Linux is FUCKING INSECURE?!
Slashdot Mirror
Ahhhh, I am relaxed and worry free... I use stable and reliable microsoft products. Linux is for bitches anyway.
Funny, wan't this supposed to be impossible under Open Source?
Seriously, it looks like maybe it isn't so simple. In the "golden days" a lot of companies bought into the idea that Open Source code was free from these types of major flaws... now they see this isn't true.
So, when the glow is off the rose we see that Linux is no more reliable (thanks to 4.2) and no more secure than a well maintained Windows 2000/XP system.
And that's something some of us knew all along
--> Fight tyranny and repression.... read
Of course MacOS is safe. Nobody gives a rat's ass about Macs, 1337 hax0rs included. Why waste time targeting the three Mac users on the planet when there are millions of Windos users.
i bet you just live for slashdot karma you brainless twit
There are no bugs with XP.
Or with Win 2000.
Or with WinCE.
Really.
Ignore the crashes - it's just your imagination.
Ask yourself - would you rather know about a bug? Or have someone knowledgeable deny it exists? Even when you have a CD with the bug fix installed on another computer.
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--- Will in Seattle - What are you doing to fight the War?
But, still, the safest implementation should always be the default. That's a basic tenet of any computer security study. Linux has already ripped off BSD's VM and TCP/IP stacks; it may as well rip off their superior malloc() implementation as well.
You really drone on and on and on.
I bet you don't have many friends, do you?
Exactly.
If you can't trust Open Source developers to use appropriate methodologies and tools then you can't trust Open Source software.
No, the previous story claimed that "Everyone seems to know... UNIX is safer than Windows". But then again, Linux is more popular than UNIX, so more bugs get discovered
That when Linux has a bug, its "supposedly" but when MS has a bug its "absolutely".
Just an observation....
Mike @ The Geek Pub. Let's Make Stuff!
MARKED as 0 TROLL! HA! I knew moderators are fools
It gets marked down because slashdot moderators cant handle the truth. Funny.
Mention 8 concrete reasons macs are more secure than linux and get bitchslapped by gutless losers lacking integrity. This post shows the real colors of the slashdot community... nothing but fanboys.... not engineers.
Excellent troll! I applaud you!
And here I thought the troll quality was going down on slashdot.
Oh my God...You people bash Windows and Microsoft, but...WHAT'S THIS? Linux is FUCKING INSECURE?!
*COUGH*
Zealots.