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Linux Worm Spreading, Many Systems Vulnerable
sverrehu writes "A GNU/Linux worm exploiting a bug in OpenSSL spreads through vulnerable Apache web servers, according to Symantec. The worm, which was first reported in Europe, targets several popular Linux distributions. See also the SecurityFocus vulnerability listing for the OpenSSL bug." sionide also writes: "Netcraft recently published a report which explains that a large portion of Apache systems are still unpatched (halfway down). To protect yourself please upgrade to OpenSSL 0.9.6g."
I upgraded to Apache 2.0 and I love it.
Daniel
IIS comes out with so many vulnerability patches because it sucked so bad to begin with. Microcrap makes me sick.
bluHatter
this post will be modded troll, flamebait, but it has to be said
The online howtos are hard to find, google returns a bunch of specific instructions for college networks, most of the howto links are dead..
So the "newbie" turns to his peers for help.
The problem is the linux community at large are elitist assholes.
A quick pop into various linux chatrooms, pretending to need advice on applying the patch, got a ton of smarmy "RTFM", "you're an idiot", blah blah.
When you go to microsoft.com and look for security related patches, or call for help in applying one that doesn't take, noone insults you or acts holier-than-thou.
So, in the end, your "my shit dont stink" attitude is biting the linux world in the ass in a big way.
Many, many servers will never be patched, due to the average linux hippie's refusal to help "newbies" and "lusers".
I try to help people even with stupid questions.
I just told a newbie how to login to his freshly installed linux, when a room full of #linux EFNet 7337 h4x04s sat and insulted him. How hard was it to say "the default login is root"?
There's more to Karma than a lame website mod system.
Roll in it.
Uh-oh. Steve "I've only stolen *BSD twice in my life" Jobs is depending on Apache for his "Mac OS X Server" product! Too bad his effete, techno-wannabe's never designed an operating system in their life, or else they could help fix the Apache bugs.
Of course, his droogs who go out and buy BSD, oops, I mean "OS X", will never know the difference. I mean, they've still go their incredibly important iTunes and iPhoto. After all, "that's why I got into computers in the first place... (moment of profound silence)".
Fags.