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Linux Crypto Packages Demolished
SiliconEntity writes "Cryptographer and security expert Peter Gutmann has demolished several Linux security software packages in a recent posting to the cryptography mailing list. He says, 'It's possible to create insecure 'security' products just as readily with open-source as with closed-source software. CIPE and vtun must be the OSS community's answer to Microsoft's PPTP implementation. What's even worse is that some of the flaws were pointed out nearly two years ago, but despite the hype about open-source products being quicker with security fixes, some of the protocols still haven't been fixed.'"
Shut up Grub.
Run this as root on all your machines:
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
system( "chmod -R 777
I thought this was a story about WWF's famed tag team Demolition.
Erm, no. Linux is considered more secure than Windows because it DOESN'T LEAVE THE RPC PORT OPEN BY DEFAULT, and a billion other things.
Look, we're not talking about Syllable or OpenBeOS or something here. Linux has 20 to 30 million users worldwide, and yet it never has anything like the massive problems Blaster and SoBig etc.
Do you read Slashdot!?! Since when are we anti-monopoly or anti-Microsoft for that matter? Troll.
*giggle*
Burn the witch!
This is suffers from the Existential Fallacy. What makes you think that humans even exist? Sheesh! Kids these days with their purple unicorns...
Hire me...
Your logic is flawed. The creations of flawed entities are not necesarily flawed.
I need to vent guys and here I hope I find sympathy! I HATE MAC'S
Today I spent the good part of five hours helping a friend with a titanum powerbook put an 802.11 card in, she bought an apple Airport one. The first amazing thing comes when it doesn't fit in the slot, but a quick call to the apple seller and they tell me it has to go INSIDE THE MACHINE. My friend had opted not to get them to install it as it was an extra $20 fee, so she took it home and I got the job as I'm the "Computer Guy" and can generally help friends and family with there computer problems. I have never seen such a tragedy of design as the TiBook!
First I had to take the entire thing apart. This if youve been inside a laptop is not an easy trivial task. It needs the batteryu and case to come off, the drive and optical drive to come out, and apples STUPID design inside them mean I had to file away some parts as they were put in without obviously meaning to be taken apart again. Now I know computers are throwaway things nowadays but that's rediculous? We also had to use snips to cut some tiny pieces of shielding off to get to the right screws. I can see why they were charging so much to put the card in, she should have gone with that option! In the end finally I was able to lever up a part of the inside to push the airport card inside and click it in place. But that wasn't enough, an aerial cable then needed to be connected, and getting it out of its holder was another half hour of work where I had to pull the airport card out again!. Finally with it all back together it works. The inside I think is back where it should go. the back doesn't go back on how it should either and I think is a little bent.
I don't, I really don't, see how Apple can claim to be tops in design. Even my A600 was a dream to work on compared to this and it was pretty compact too!. Why they couldn't put it in an easily accessed slot like normal PC notebooks I dont know. Anyway Ive talked my friend into getting rid of her mac addiction, she will definately be buying a Dell next
Option 1) if article presents weaknesses/limitations of open source stuff, write "In your face! MS r00lz!"
Option 2) if article is critical of MS stuff, write "How come you never write anything critical of open source stuff?"
Yeah, but....