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Exploit Found in Seti@Home
Jamie noted that an Exploit was found in Seti@Home and there is code exploiting the hole actually running about in the wild. Patches are available for those of you not interested in running a public warez server or DoS client ;)
Wasn't this SET@home thing programmed in Ada? Ada isn't supposed to allow buffer overruns. What gives?
Being part of a community involves give and take. /. has done its fair of giving, so far as links to news and a place to comment is concerned. This has also involved more than a fair share of taking.
As a responsible net-citizen, though, the editors need to be far more considerate of other people. This is a clear case of inproper net behavior, something I would expect the newest AOL-newbie, spam producing, weenie to do.
Instead of complaining about how much spam you get everyday, Taco, why don't you do the community something useful and mirror the websites that you link to. We whine and complain about bad patents, spam, copyright abuse, monopolies, and then treat the net community with disrespect by effectively dos'ing random servers? It isn't funny anymore.
The odds of my computer being tricked into contacting a fake SETI@home server, are about as slim as they are of me finding alien life.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
Good God - 70% Insightful, 30% Interesting ? Where's the +1 Funny ?
The 12-year-olds are moderating again today. Expect to see lots of redundant mods as well.