Notifications of Security Breaches

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Notifications of Security Breaches

Posted by michael on Sunday June 1, 2003 @11:36PM from the heard-it-through-the-grapevine dept.

LogError writes "On July 1, 2003, Senate bill 1386 becomes Civil Code 1798.82. In a nutshell, the law states that any person or company doing business in the state of California is responsible for notifying California residents of security breaches to their non-encrypted information. It is important to note that the actual breach does not need to occur in the state of California for the law to apply."

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Use Debian's security mailing list! by Debian+Troll · 2003-06-01 23:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Fellow Debian Users,
I suggest that the Debian Security Advisory (DSA) service be used as a distribution system for these government notifications of security breaches. After all, there are several Debian GNU/Linux security breaches and holes discovered every week, and under even this intense pressure, the Debian DSA team does a wonderful job of reporting them in a professional, timely manner.
1. Re:Use Debian's security mailing list! by Debian+Troll · 2003-06-02 00:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Fellow Debian Users,
  A small number of Debian-hating (probably frustrated RedHat users!!!) have branded my previous post as 'Offtopic' and 'Troll'. It is as crystal clear to me as the 'dpkg' syntax that the posting was not offtopic, as the original article is about making security announcements.
  In addition, it cannot be considered a troll, as the Debian Security Alerts really do provide a fantastic resource for the Debian system administrator striving to keep his (or her) enterprise server abreast of GNU/Linux holes and exploits. The following alerts are from the Debian website, and show how quickly the DSAs are produced in response to problems.
  Debian Security Alerts for May 2003:
  [27 May 2003] DSA-307 gps - multiple
  [19 May 2003] DSA-306 ircii-pana - buffer overflows, integer overflow
  [15 May 2003] DSA-305 sendmail - insecure temporary files
  [15 May 2003] DSA-304 lv - privilege escalation
  [15 May 2003] DSA-303 mysql - privilege escalation
  [07 May 2003] DSA-302 fuzz - privilege escalation
  [07 May 2003] DSA-301 libgtop - buffer overflow
  [06 May 2003] DSA-300 balsa - buffer overflow
  [06 May 2003] DSA-299 leksbot - improper setuid-root execution
  [02 May 2003] DSA-298 epic4 - buffer overflows
  As you can see, the DSA team does a GNU/great job of keeping the Debian community informed of security problems. Imagine the significant insight the DSA team could offer the government and the people of California into methods for making sure security breaches and problems were announced in a timely fashion!!
  Debian-hating moderators...I beg you to reconsider...please do not allow your zealot-like dedication to a Linux distribution obscure a suggestion which deep within you, you know to be worthy!
Re:And the real question is... by tomstdenis · 2003-06-01 23:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

How the fuck is that insightful?

Are all "anti-MS" posts automagically modded up regardless of how stupid they are?

Tom

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Re:And the real question is... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-02 00:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I don't understand how that one got modded up, but my ever insightful:
EE (Score:0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 02, @09:39PM (#6094511) E GG EEGGGGGG EGG HHHHHHHHHS ES YES SHF Urja EEEESEY SH haesr EEEEEEEEEEEEE EESEGshjaejjaek im rtEEEE EEEEEEE eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeSEYajeeeeeeeee
Got modded Troll.
I think Michael has been hitting both the crack pipe AND the mod points today.
Re:And the real question is... by Fizzl · 2003-06-02 00:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I wan't my share too.

Two posts stating that instead of insightfull the above post was infact retarded. I must agree.

These posts we're modded as Troll and a Flamebait.

Now let's vote. Am I troll or a flamebait?

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Here's the first security breach notice by Carnivorous+Carrot · 2003-06-02 00:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Security Breach Warning! California socialist laws will end up slowing scientific progress, having the net effect of causing more deaths than without them over the years, and a corresponding increase in needless misery.

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Re:And the real question is... by TeraCo · 2003-06-02 00:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

We'll have to mod you -1 (Contracts words in stupid fucking places)

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Re:And the real question is... by dipipanone · 2003-06-02 00:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

We'll have to mod you -1 (Contracts words in stupid fucking places)

That's an moderation option I'd definitely like to see in forthcoming versions of Slash: (-1) Illiterate
Re:Language? by CptChipJew · 2003-06-02 00:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I don't know German, but I have a feeling this word just may have a double meaning.

Common German phrases using "Ihre" use it as "your".

But I ran the Fish on "Ihre Ihre Ihre Ihre", and it returned "There There There There".

Who knows...

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Re:Language? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-02 00:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Answering as a coward since I hate logging in:

German has 2 words for "Your".

A friendly form: "dein"
and a polite form: "Ihr"

Just to make life more complicated, The translation for the english word "their" is also "Ihr".

> It's a simple word with no multiple meaning, or > am I wrong????

Ihr can mean "Your" when you are being polite, or it can mean "their".

HTH.
Re:And the real question is... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-02 00:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'll admit, I did post this as flamebait, but at least the moderation of the parent post as "insightful" is finally gone!

Screw you all!

Long live the trolls!
Re:Language? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-02 14:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Above is not offtopic.