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New rsync Released to Fix Vulnerability

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the better-safe-than-sorry dept.

cshields2 writes "Today the rsync developers have released a new version that fixes an exploitable security vulnerability when running rsync as an 'rsync server.' Any server out there running rsync should check this out and upgrade if necessary. (which is every open source mirror server out there, and many mirrors themselves)"

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  1. Re:who sync? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Baby I got the Trojans
    And baby I got the disease
    You've got me wide open, baby
    You're bringin' me to my knees.

    You've found my weak spot, child
    I'm running the love facility
    You've wormed your way into my heart baby
    You've found my vulnerability

    whoa oh ohhh baby baby

    --
    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  2. Re:HOWTO by Tyten · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yeah. that's a best case scenario. i've been dicking with linux since 96. it HAS made huge strides. but hasnt reached popularity that you zealots would like it achieve yet simply because it's not as user friendly as windows (don't get me wrong. windows like everything, has it's flaws). BUT linux's growing popularity will be it's undoing. in the effort to be more like windows, holes are going to open wider than an inmate's rectum.

  3. Re:HOWTO by deek · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    • i play with linux, but use windows extensively and don't complain. why?? because, unlike linux, it just WORKS. and it works when i need it to, so i can be productive with my two jobs and school and social life.

    Good for you. Glad you found something that works for you.

    For me though, Linux for exactly the same reasons you gave for windows. It just WORKS. Plus, and this is the real clincher, it keeps on working. The thing with Windows is, if you have a problem, then you're, more often than not, completely stuffed. It's one of the most frustrating systems to fix. The Event Viewer usually has bugger all in it, or the error message is so damned cryptic that I (or Google) can't make heads or tails of it.

    In contrast, most problem in Linux have been easy to figure out, easy to fix, and/or easy to work around. And there's the other clincher ... the Linux system is so nicely designed in a compartmental way, that solving problems in the system becomes a straight-forward task.

    So you take your system that WORKS. I'll take a system that WORKS THE WAY I WANT.

    OK, now that I've got that out of my system (excuse the pun :), I'll say that I do actually like Windows as a desktop. It's very well integrated together. Throw in gvim and Mozilla, and you've got a very handy desktop system (I really dislike I.E and notepad). I do shudder at using Windows for the server though.